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August 21, 1992 KY · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

85061S DRIVING A 2-MAN PERSONNEL CARRIER ACROSS THE SECTION TO PICK UP SOME CLAY DUMMIES. HE SAID HE RAN OVER SOMETHING CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.

August 12, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

39144ING SCOOP.RAN OVER SOMETHING CAUSING SCOOP TO ROOF OUT. BUMPED HEAD AGAINST ROOF.

March 14, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS REACHING FOR A HAMMER, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK.

February 25, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A BATTERY LID WHEN BACK STARTED HURTING.

January 17, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING ON A PIECE OF BELT WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

July 25, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS BACKING UP A 3-WHEEL PERSONNEL CARRIER. EH FOULED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE ROOF.

July 24, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE WENT TO HIT BRAKE RAISED KNEE UP PAST TOP OF SCOOP HITTING IT AGAINST ROOF.

July 19, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS HAULIN COAL FROM THE FACE. THE SCOOP BUMPED THE TOP, CAUSING A PIECE OF SCALE ROCK TO BREAK LOOSE.

July 11, 1991 KY · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M & Mb Coal Company · Fall down stairs

HE WAS GOING DOWN A SET OF STEPS WHEN HIS HEEL CAUGHT ON THE STEP.HE FELL DOWN THE STEPS,LANDING O HIS HAND WITH HIS THUMB BENT BACKWARD.

July 10, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M & Mb Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS USING A PIECE OF PIPE TO LIFT UP TWO LATERS OF BELT SO THAT STRUCTURE COULD BE INSTALLED . ON THE WAY OUTSIDE HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE.

July 9, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS RIDING ON A 4 WHEEL PERSONNEL CARRIER AND HIS HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TOP AND THE BUGGY.

June 26, 1991 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS UP IN A PLACE TAMPING IT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST.

June 11, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS GRINDING THE EDGES OF SHEAR PINS ON A BENCH GRINDER.SOMEHOW SHE CAUGHT HER FINGER IN THE GRINDER.

May 17, 1991 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

HE SIAD HE BUMPED HIS KNEE AGAINST THE TOP.

May 14, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS IN FRONT OF A SCOOP LOADING DUST INTO THE BUCKET ANOTHER SCOOP CAME DOWN AND NOT SEEING ANOTHER SCOOP BARELY BUMPED THE PARKED SCOOP.THE BUCKET OF THE PARKED SCOOP BUMPED HIS KNEE.

April 22, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WITH HIS HEAD ON THE BACK REST WHEN HE RAN OVER A SCRAPING HIS HEAD HIT THE TOP.

March 13, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by flying object

HE WAS UP IN 6 HEADING PREPARING TO DRILL IT THE SHOT FIRER SHOT 7 LEFT BREAK ONE HOLE SHOT THRU THE BACK STRIKING HIM.

March 12, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS GOING UP IN A HEADING TO GET A LOAD OF COAL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD & CHEST.

March 5, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A LUMP OF COAL HE WORKED THE REST OF THE SHIFT.

January 25, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WENT INTO THE PLACE TO BOLT IT.HE SET HIS ATRS AND WAS STARTING TO PUT UP HIS 1ST BOLT WHEN A ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND FELL.(KETTLE BOTTOM).

December 18, 1990 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING ON A CONVEYOR CHAIN AND PULLED A MUSCLE.

December 17, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRAMMING FROM $7 TO #1.CAUGHT HEAD BETWEEN BOLT4ER AND TOP.

November 23, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS PICKING ROCK OUT OF STOCKPILE. SCOOP STOPPED. HE STEPPED IN FRONT OF SCOOP. SCOOP ROLLED FORWARD TRAPPING FOOT.

March 11, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WE WERE STARTING TO ROLL UP A PIECE OF BELT WITH A BELT ROLLER WHEN THE LOOSE SLEEVE OF HIS COVERALLS CAUGHT ON THE PIN, TRAPPING HIS RIGHT ARM.

October 10, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS USING A COAL LOADING SCOOP TO CLEAN THE RIB AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SCOOP LATERALLY BY USING HIS BUCKET AND HYDRAULICS IN DOING SO HE DISLODGED A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE TOP WITH THE SCOOP STRIKING AND POSSIBLY INJURING VICTIM

October 3, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS OPERATING A COAL SCOOP USED TO LOAD AND HAUL COAL ON THE SECTION WHEN HE APPARENTLY POSITIONED HIMSELF INBY PERMAMENT ROOF SUPPORT ROOF BOLTS AND WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROOF

August 8, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS RUNNING THE SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.

April 20, 1988 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP VEHICLE WHEN IT BECAME DISABLED. HE THEN BOARDED A SCOOP GOING BY. HE WAS RIDING ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES AND HIS FINGER SLIPPED UNDER BLADE OF SCOOP WHEN IT BOUNCED ON ROUGH ROAD.

February 8, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WIPING COAL FROM ROCK PREPARING TO BREAK IT AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE HAND.SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND SMASHED FIRST JOINT.

September 14, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

TWO EMPLOYEES W9RE ATTEMPTING TO CARRY A MOTOR BY PLACING A SLATE BAR, THROUGH LIFTING EYE OF MOTOR. I,NAME LET HIS SIDE OF BAR DOWN AND MOTOR SLID TO HIS SIDE AND BROKE HIS LEG.

August 11, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M & Mb Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD CO4PLETED SHIFT AND WAS GREASING HIS FRONT END LOADER. WHILE GREASING THE ARMS OF THE LOADER HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

May 12, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS OPER5TING A SCOOP AND WHILE PASSING THROUGH THE INTERSCTION OF #4 ENTRY HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE MINE ROOF AS THERE IS A ROLL IN THAT AREA OF THE MINE. HIS LEFT LEG WAS FORCED DOWNWARD3RESULTING IN A BROKEN ANKLE AND MINOR ABRASIONS TO LOWER LEG

March 26, 1987 KY · Coal MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS ROOF-BOL7ING OUT OF SEQUENCE.NO VISIBLE INJURY.COMPLAINED OF NUMB LEG.KEPT IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.

January 16, 1987 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MWN WERE REMOVI3G BOLTS FROM ROOF IN PREPARAION FOR CREATING A BOOM HOLE IN DOING SO THE ROOF FELL STRIKING I.NAME ROCK WAS APPROX 4FT X 9 FT X 8 IN CAUSING A PELVIC FRACTURE TO I.NAME

January 16, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MEN WERE REMOVI3G BOLTS FROM ROOF IN PREPARAION FOR CREATING A BOOM HOLE IN DOING SO THE ROOF FELL STRIKING I.NAME AND FRACTURING ONE TOE ROCK WAS APPROX 4 FT X 9 FT X 8 IN

November 24, 1986 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
M & Mb Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

SECTION WAS BEI3G DRIVING BETWEEN 2 FAULTS ONE SIDE WAS AGAINST SAND STONEER OTHER SIDE WAS PITCHING STEEPLY UPWARD 60IN BELTS WERE BEING USED THEY WERE TOURGOING IN RANGE ROOF ABOVE BELT ANCH ORAGE WAS 50FT3& SLICK SIDE

September 18, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEES PREPA9ED TO BOLT ROOF BEFORE SETTING SAFETY JACKS, LOOSE DRAW ROCK FELL INJURING THEM, I.NAMES BACK WAS INJURED FULL EXTENT OF INJURY NOT KNOWN

September 18, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEES PREPA9ED TO BOLT ROOF BEFORE SETTING SAFETY JACKS, I.NAMES BACK WAS INJURED. DR SAID HE EXPECTS FULL RECOVERY

July 11, 1983 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
M & Mb Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

FOSSILEZED TREE STUMPS AND COAL INCLUSIONS IN ROOF FELL TO LENGTH OF BOLTS WE CALLED ROOF CONTROL PEOPLE AND WE AGREED TO USE LONGER BOLTS

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