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February 18, 1992 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EXPOSURE TO SODIUM HYDROXIDE RESULTING IN 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT KNEE AND THIGH.

February 1, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Princess Susan Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGED NOISE CAUSED HEARING LOSS.

January 12, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Princess Susan Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKERS COMPENSATION AWARD OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS

September 6, 1988 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYING WITH A BAR, EMPLOYEE MASHED RIGHT THUMB.

May 18, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A CHEST WALL CONTUSION BY BEING VIOLENTLY JOLTED ABOUT WHILE SITTING IN CAB WHEN LARGE ROCK ROLLED OFF HIGHWALL AND STRUCK REAR OF ROCK TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING.

March 16, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN WITH HIS ROCK TRUCK EMPLOYEE REACHED OUT WINDOW TO CLEAN OFF MIRROR UNEXPLICABLY HE RECEIVED A MUSCLE STRAIN TO RT CHEST WALL AREA AND ALSO FRACTURED THE RT 10 TH RIB

February 25, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A SLATE BAR TO RAISE THE HEAD OF A HIGHWALL DRILL, THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE VICTIM'S RIGHT ELBOW JERKED BACK RAPIDLY CAUSING A SPRAIN.

February 17, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO RAISE A ROCK TRUCK DRIVE LINE BACK IN ITS PLACE BY USING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND HE SPRAINED IT.

December 28, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CHECKING 7HE OIL LEVEL OF A DOZER, THE CAB DOOR CLOSED ON VICTIM STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT ELBOW CHIPPING A BONE IN HIS ELBOW. DOZER WAS PARKED ON AN ANGLE WHICH CAUSED THE DOOR TO CLOSE AS IT DID. 3

December 15, 1987 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 TURNING A PIN WITH A BAR WHILE INSTALLING A BED ON A ROCK TRUCK. THE PIN SLIPPED AND THE BAR STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S NOSE. THE NOSE WAS BROKEN.

December 2, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPLACING3DIESAL FUEL HOSE NOZZLE ON TO HOOK ON FUEL TANK, VICTIM SPRAINED A MUSCLE AND TENDON IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

November 16, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING U1 A RAMP IN HIS ROCK TRUCK TO DUMP,VICTIM STRUCK HIGHWALL WITH THE RIGHT CORNER OF TRUCK BED CAUSING A WHIPLASH ACTION THAT INJURED HIS NECK.HIS LOWER ABDOMEN AREA WAS INJURED WHERE HIS SEAT3BELT LAPPED OVER HIM.

October 5, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ASSISTING3A MECHANIC WORKING ON A LIFT JACK THE HEAD OF THE JACK WAS TAPPED TO LOOSEN IT AND IT SUDDENLY BROKE LOOSE AND SLID DOWN THE JACK ROD SMASHING AND LACERATING THE VICTIMS LEFT F IFTH FINGER 3

October 1, 1987 WV · Coal FIRE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE BEING USE8 TO BUILD AN ACCESS HAUL ROAD THE INTERNATIONAL TD 25 DOZER CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO UNDETERMINED ORIGIN AND SUFFERED IRREPARABLE DAMAGE NO INJURIES OCCURRED

August 31, 1987 WV · Coal welder (shop) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE STEPPING 2UT OF RECESS INT HE BACK DECK OF A TIRE TRUCK THE VICTIM STEPPED BACKWARDS ON TO A PIECE OF PIPE THAT TWISTED UNDER HIS FOOT CAUSING HIM TO FALL & TWIST HIS RT KNEE.

August 21, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 OFF OF THE RUNNING BOARD OF THE STEAM TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING INTO A HIGHWALL DRILL HOLE & SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE

August 3, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM CLAIMS H9 HURT HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A GASOLINE TYPE WATER PUMP.

July 28, 1987 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO3FREE UP AN OVERSIZED PIECE OF SLATE THAT WAS HUNG UP ON CONVEYOR BELT VICTIM LIFTED HARD AND CAUSED STRAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER

July 8, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ALIGNING 6P A U-JOINT ON DRIVE LINE OF EDLAODER, THE JOINT WAS TWISTED ANDCAUGHT VICTIM'S LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO LEFT INDEX FINGER.

June 2, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ENTERING 7HE CAB OF DOZER,THE CAB DOOR CLOSED ON VICTIM STIKING HIM IN LOWER BACK AREA.DOZER WAS PARKED ON AN ANGLE WHICH CAUSED DOOR TO CLOSE AS IT DID.

May 1, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

AFTER AN ENDLOA8ER DUMPED A BUCKET OF DIRT IN THE VICTIM'S ROCK TRUCK, THE LOADER BACKED UP AND CAUGHT THE CORNER OF THE TRUCK BED CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SHAKE AND THE VICTIM CLAIMS HE INJURED H IS BACK. 3

April 20, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

VICTIM WAS GREA8ING UPPER HOIST PIN OF 992 C CAT ENDLOADER WHEN H E SLIPPED AND FELL BETWEEN THE TIRE AND BOOM INJURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIGHT LEG.

April 14, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING U1 AN ENDLOADER, THE VICTIM S MACHINE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING OR REASON LURCHED TO ONE SIDE AND JURKED HIS BACK CAUSING AN ACUTE LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.

April 6, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE STANDING 2N THE BUMPER TO CHECK ENGINE OIL LEVEL OF TIRE TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF BUMPER AND HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON BUMPER CAUSING A HEMMORHAGIC TRAUMATIC BURSITIS OV ER LEFT TIBIAL 7UBERCLE. NO ACTUAL LOST TIME OCCURRED UNTIL 11-23-87 DUE TO SHUBSEPUENT COMPLICATIONS REGUIRING A CORRECTIVE OPERATIVE PROCEDURE.

March 24, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

A PORTA-POWER M5CHINE,VICTIM WAS USING TO CHANGE A TIRE,SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS OVER A CRIB BLOCK,AND HE STRUCK HIS BACK AND LEG CAUSING A SLIPPED DISC IN LOWER BACK.

March 10, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by falling object

VICTIM RECEIVED3A CONTUSION AND CHIP FRACTURE OF LEFT ELBOW CAUSED WHEN IT STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS ENDLOADER WHEN A BOULDER ROLLED OFF OF HIGHWALL AND STRUCK THE LOADER WITH GREAT FORCE.

March 9, 1987 WV · Coal drill helper MACHINERY
Princess Susan Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE USING A S7EAM CLEANER TO CLEAN A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, MIST FROM SPRAY GOT INTO VICTIM'S EYES CAUSING SEVERE IRRITATION.

February 2, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall from machine

WHILE TRYING TO3STEP FROM HIS ROCK TRUCK ONTO AN ENDLOADER THAT WAS PARKED BESIDE HIM, VICTIM FELL AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

January 15, 1987 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS GRIN8ING A PIECE OF METAL WITH AN INDUSTRIAL SIZE DISC GRINDER WHEN IT SUDDENLY "KICKED BACK" AND STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A MODERATE LACERATION. VICTIM WAS WEARING G LOVES AT THE TI4E.

November 10, 1986 WV · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GETTING O6T OF CAB OF POWDER TRUCK, HIS FEFT KNEE JOINT SUDDENLY "LOCKED UP" AND INEXPLICABLY WOULD NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT. HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE DIDNT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM WITH TH E KNEE. HE DIDN7 FALL, SLIP, STRIKE AGAINST OR WAS STRUCK BY ANYTHING

October 30, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS BACK3NG HIS ROCK TRUCK UNDER A RAISED ENDLOADER BUCKET THAT WAS NOT RAISED HIGH ENOUGH. VICTIMS TRUCK BED STRUCK THE BUCKET CAUSING A WHIPLASH LIKE INJURY THAT STRAINED SOME NECK MU SCLES. 3

October 20, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM RECEIVED3A NECK AND BACK STRAIN WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN HIS ROCK TRUCK THAT WAS BEING LOADED BY ENDLOADER WHICH DROPPED A LARGE TREE STUMP IN ITS EMPTY BED CAUSEING THE TRUCK TO BOUNCE RADICALLY INFL3CTING THE INJURY

September 29, 1986 WV · Coal driller, highwall helper, highwall drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE CHANGING 8TEEL ON HIGHWALL DRILL VICTIM ALLEGEDLY INJURED BACK WHEN HE PICKED UP A BREAKOUT WRENCH

July 29, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS HOLD3NG AN ELECTRIC DISC GRINDER. HE INADVERTENTLY LET IT SLIP FROM THE GRASP OF HIS LEFT HAND, STARTED IT AT SAME TIME AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A SEVERE CUT THAT SE VERED A TENDON.3

July 16, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by flying object

VICTIM WAS OPER5TING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT EYE BY AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT THAT FLEW FROM THE ENDLOADER BUCKET THAT WAS LOADING HIM AT THE TIME.

July 14, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE AL5EGES HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE EXITING THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING.

May 27, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall from machine

WHILE STEPPING 8OWN ON RUNNING BOARDS OF DOZER, VICTIM SLIPPED ON SOME GREASE AND PULLED A TENDON IN SMALL OF BACK.

May 13, 1986 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

TRAMMING END LO5DER FROM PIT TO FUEL TANK AT END OF SHIFT.DROVE OVER SIDE OF 15'DEEP EXCAVATED AREA.BROKE 5 RIBS ON RIGHT SIDE AND HAD VARIOUS BRUISES AND CUTS.AREA WAS FOGGY AT TIME OF ACCID.

April 28, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by flying object

VICTIM WAS DRIV3NG ROCK TRUCK WITH WINDOW DOWN FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW THROUGH OPEN WINDOW & STUCK IN VICTIMS LEFT EYE

April 14, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

VICTIM WAS REMO5ING WHEELS FROM A TRUCK. WHILE IN PROCESS OF PULLING VICTIM FELT SHARP PAIN IN AREA OF RIGHT TESTICLE & GROIN AREA.

January 3, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS USIN1 A LIFTING JACK TO REPAIR A TRUCK. HE PLACED A CRIB BLOCK ON TOP OF JACK. JACK TURNED OVER AND CRIB BLOCK FELL ON RIGHT FOOT BREAKING THE 5TH METATARSAL BONE.

December 17, 1985 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS MOVI3G THE BLADE BRACES ON DOZER TO CHANGE BLADE ANGLE THE BRACE CAUGHT VICTIMS RT HAND IN A PINCH POINT CRUSHING THE MIDDLE FINGER AND BREAKING THE TIP OF RING FINGER BONE TOO

June 25, 1985 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall from machine

OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF END LOADER AND WAS THROWN OUT OF IT BREAKING HIS RT COLLARBONE

May 21, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall from machine

MECHANIC FELL OFF LOADER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A BOLT CAUISNG HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE CUT A SMALL GASH IN HIS HEAD & BIT INTO HIS TONGUE.

March 19, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by falling object

CHAIN HOLDING TIRE BEING PUT ON 773-B CATERPILLAR ROCK TRUCK BROKE LETTING TIRE FALL ON TIRE TRUCK OPERATOR BRAKING LEFT ANKLE.

September 24, 1984 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EES DUTY WAS TO TRACK IN MATERIAL ON THE MINE SLOPE WITH A D8 DOZER. THIS REGULAR JOB ACTIVITY SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED EES BACK TO BECOME STRAINED. EE WORK REMAINDER OF HIS SHIFT- 2HR 40 MIN & HIS NEEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT -9 HRS BEFORE TAKING OFF WORK DUE TO ALLEGED INJURY.

February 8, 1984 WV · Coal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS PUTTING SAFETY PIN IN MAST OF DRILL WHEN PIN SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN FRAME OF DRILL AND PIN INDIVIDUAL HAD TO HAVE FINGER AMPUTATED

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