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February 22, 1994 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Mining Company · Fall from machine

CHECKING OIL & GREASING BACKHOE, WHILE GETTING OFF OF MACHINE SLIPPED& HURT HIP.

July 21, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING IMPACT WRENCH RETAINING PIN BROKE & MADE A GASH IN LEFT HAND.

June 24, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROLLER BOGIE WAS CHAINED UP UNDER DOZER & WHILE I WAS WORKING TO PUT THE ROLLER ON THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE & THE BOGIE CAME DOWN ON MY FINGERS

April 7, 1993 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Pen Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS EXITING DOZER WHEN THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING INTO LEFT EYE.

March 10, 1993 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED ANKLE WHILE GETTING ON DOZER.

March 4, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Mining Company · Fall from machine

HIT KNEES ON PUSH ARM OF D10N DOZER AND THEN FELL ON THE GROUND.

February 25, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WAS REMOVING BATTERY FROM BATTERY BOX WHEN THE LID CAME DOWN ON MY HAND BATTERY WAS FROZE IN BOX.

September 11, 1992 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOING DOWN LADDER ON SIDE OF LOADER MY FOOT SLIPPED AFTER THE LAST STEP & I HAD ALL MY WEIGHT ON MY RT ARM

September 1, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WAS UNLOADING ANFO FROM BUL CARGO TANK ON MINE PROPERTY.HE WAS GREASING A SPROCKET GEAR THAT WAS TURNING WITHOUT A GUARD.HE WAS IN A BENDING POSITION AND WHEN HE STARTED TO STAND UP HE BECAME LIGHT HEADED AND STARTED TO FALL.HE GRABBED THE TURNING SPROCKET WHICH SEVERLY INJURED HIS RIGHT HAND.

August 6, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

36923ED SHOULDER PICKING UP WOODEN BLOCK OFF GROUND.

July 28, 1992 WV · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

68550WIPING HEADLIGHTS ON TOP OF DRILL,LEANED OVER AND EYE CAME IN CONTACT WITH RADIO ANTENNAE.

June 25, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HOLDING EACH SIDE OF TRACK AND I.NAME WAS POUNDING THE PIN TO CONNECT THEM. THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT THE THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND.

June 10, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE SEAT IN THE ROCK TRUCK SEEMED TO BE BROKEN WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE AROUND IN AN USUALLY ROUGH WAY.

April 7, 1992 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHEN RAISING LOADER BUCKET, A ROCK FELL INTO BUCKET MAKING THE REAR OF LOADER TO RAISE UP. THEN THE ROCK FELL OUT OF BUCKET CAUSING THE LOADER TO DROP BACK AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED, I HIT MY HEA D ON THE SIDE WINDOW.

March 19, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Pen Mining Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STOOD UP AFTER LUNCH AND TWISTED KNEE WHEN HE STARTED TO TURN.

November 21, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Pen Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKING IN COAL INDUSTRY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

October 2, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS PUTTING CRIB BLOCK IN FRONT WHEEL OF ROCK TRUCK.HE THREW THE BLOCK INTENDING FOR IT TO GO UNDER THE WHEEL BUT IT HIT THE TIRE AND THEN BOUNCED BACK AND HIT HIS FOOT.

September 5, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Pen Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PARTIAL HEARING LOSS OVER A 20 YEAR DURATION.

August 19, 1991 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

SEAT IN ROCK TRUCK THAT I WAS DRIVING HAD NO SHOCK ABSORBERS THEREFORE WHENEVER I CAME TO ROUGH PLACE IN ROAD THERE WAS NOTHING T9O CUSHION ME & I HIT SOLID.

April 25, 1991 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

JOSTLED WHEN TRUCK BEING LOADED BY FRONT END LOADER

March 21, 1991 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Pen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON STEAMJENNY AND OTHER WAS HOLDING THE NOZZLE. EE WAS STANDING BESIDE OTHER OBSERVING THE WORK ACTICITY WHEN OTHER ADJUSTED THE WATER PRESSURE AND THE WATER CAME OUT WITH SUCK AND FORCE THAT THE NOZZLE FLEW UP AND HIT IN THE FACE.

December 19, 1990 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE GETTING OFF DOZIER I STEPPED FROM TRACK TO BLADE ARM AND MY FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE BLADE ARM AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ARM AND ROLLER FRAME. I THEN FELL SIDEWAYS FROM THE DOZER WITH MY L EG STRILL HUNG BETWEEN THE BLADE ARM AND ROLLER FRAME.

December 12, 1990 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Pen Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WELDING BESIDE ANOTHER MAN EE LIFTED HIS SHIELD BEFORE THE OTHER MAN HAD FINISHED.

September 5, 1990 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUTTING STARTER ON TRUCK THE RATCHET BROKE MY HAND SLIPPED & A PIECE OF CABIE WENT THROUGH MY HAND

March 14, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

AXLE CAME OTU FROM UNDER TRAILER, CAUSING THE TRACTOR TRAILER TO TURN OVER.

January 19, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL STATES THAT WHILE IN PROCESS OF HAVING TRUCK LOADED ROCK WAS DUMPED IN BED CAUSING VEHICLE TO BOUNCE THUS CAUSING INJURY TO NECK.

December 9, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED MUSCLE WHILE CLIMBING LADDER TO GET IN TRUCK.

January 27, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Mining Company · Fall from machine

CROSSING FROM THE HOOD TO THE CATWALK ON THE ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. WHEN HE FELL HE CUT HIS ELBOW AND KNEE.

January 6, 1989 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I STEPPED OUT OF THE COMPANY PICKUP TRUCK AND TWISTED MY BACK.

August 23, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pen Mining Company · Fall from machine

I,NAME, DRIVER OF COAL TRUCK BELONGING TO MET TRANSPORT INC WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TIGHTENING ALUG NUT ON THE REAR WHEEL OF A DM800 COAL TRUCK WHEN THE WRENCH BROKE, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BAL ANCE AND FALL. WHEN HE FELL, HE LANDED ON HIS ANKLE.

June 25, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

I NAME STATES: 7HAT WHILE MOVING A HEAVY BOULDER WITH THE LOADER,IT SLIPPED OUT OF THE BUCKET AND THREW HIM AROUND.

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