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June 18, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sovereign Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING 540 ENDLOADER.HE HAD HIS LEFT FOOT ON GROUND AND WAS HOLDING TO LADDER WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED THROUGH THE BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER.HE LOST HIS GRIP,FA LLING BACKWARDS ONTO GROUND.HIS LEFT LEG TWISTEDWHILEFALLING ALLOWING MOST OF IMPACT IN HIS LEFT HIP/BACK AREA.HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK.NOTE EMPLOYEE HAS ONE ARM(R

March 27, 1990 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sovereign Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LIFT A 20 FT HEAVY WALL PIPE JOINT. THE OTHER MAN WHO WAS HELPING HIM DROPPED HIS END. EMPLOYEE WAS STILL HOLDING HIS END WITH THE PRY BAR HE HAD PLACED IN THE END THE PIPE. THE IMPACT HURT EMPLOYEE'S BACK. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

February 16, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sovereign Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPL CLEANING RAILCARS.REMOVING RAIN PONCHO WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF CAR.LOST BALANCE AND FELL BETWEEN CARS STRIKING HEAD ON COUPLER AND LANDING ON RAIL.HE HAD LACERATION BEHIND LEFT EAR AND 3 FX RIBS ON LEFT SIDE.

September 7, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sovereign Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 540 END LOADER LIFTARMS. HIS BOOTS WERE MUDDY CAUSING HIM TO SLIP. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG STRIKING HIS KNEECAP & SHIN BONE. HE BRUISED HIS KNEE & SHIN WITH SL IGHT ABRASIONS.

October 10, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sovereign Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING HOSE FROM DOZER. THE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED LETTING HIM FALL BACKWARDS OFF THE DOZER. HE FELL APPROX. 4 FEET TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK. HE COMPLAINED OF SEVE RE PAIN TO HIS BACK. HE HAD MOBILITY AND FEELING IN HIS EXTREMITIES.

July 25, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sovereign Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

REMOVING WHEN F9OM REFUSE TRUCK WHEEL SLIPPED & FELL ON FINGER. FRACTURED FINGER.

May 9, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sovereign Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE OPENED TAIL GATE ON REFUSE TRUCK BUY HAND CLOSE GATE BACK ON HAND.

January 7, 1985 KY · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sovereign Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING LOADED RAIL CAR TO FAST-HE JUMPED TO GROUND INJURING ARM AND ANKLE

September 4, 1984 KY · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sovereign Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOORS ON R.R. CARS AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

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