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October 6, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN BOLTER POT AND ROOF.

September 30, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED WAS ADDING WATER TO BATTERY WHEN TOP BLEW OFF OF [6 VOLT] BATTERY, BATTERY FLUID GOT INTO EYES.

June 22, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING WITH MONKEY BAR. PULLED HANDLE TOO HARD AND HURT HIS ARM.

April 8, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

RIDING BUGGIE THROUGH CURTAIN AND CURTAIN CAUGHTEMPLOYEES FOOT AND JERKED FOOT AND LEG AROUND AND THE MAN WAS PULLED OFF BUGGIE.

January 18, 1994 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS ON MANTRIP GOING INTO MINE, WHEN MANTRIP HIT A LUMP AND THE INJURED BOUNCED UP AND CAME BACKDOWN AND HURT HIS BACK ON SCOOP BUCKET.

November 8, 1993 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

TAMPING #5 BREAK AND SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF HITIING EMPLOYEE ON BACK AND HEAD.

September 15, 1993 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

INJUURED WAS SITTING ON A BATTERY CHARGINING STATION, APP.2000' UNDERGROUND, TALKING TO THE DAY SHIFT FOREMAN, GAS BUILT UP ON TOP OF THE BATTERY & EXPLODED KNOCKING THE INJURED PERSO TO THE F LOOR INJURING HIS HIP.

August 9, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS MOVING MACHINE TO NEXT BOLT. ROCK FELL FROM ROOF BETWEEN BOLTS HITTING EMPLOYEE'S LEG.

July 21, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BLOCKING UP TAIL PIECE AND PUTTING ON FEEDER. HAD HAND ON BELT WHEN MACHINE WAS TURNED ON ACCIDENTALLY.

June 26, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE PUTTING UP A BOLT ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE OTHER BOLTS PUSHING HIM DOWN ON POT OF MACHINE

June 22, 1993 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS INJURED WAS PUTTING AIR IN TIRE IN TIRE OF ENDLOADER THE TUBE HAD A DAMAGED PLACE IN IT & IT BLEW OUT TO THE INSIDE AWAY FROM THE INJURED

April 24, 1993 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF MOVING MANTRIP AND TIRE CAUGHT HIS FOOT.

January 26, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING UP LOSE COAL AROUND BELT HEAD. PICKED-UP A SHOVEL FULL OF COAL TO PUT ON BELT.

November 28, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING TOWARD FACE AREA.APPEARS HE DROVE HIMSELF INTO COAL RIB ALONG ROADWAY.

July 27, 1992 KY · Coal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

9?514E HOOKING UP A BATTERY TO SCOOP WITH FOOT ON ACCELERATOR. SCOOP MOVED FORWARD,SCRAPING I.NAME BACK ALONG ROOF OF THE MINE.

October 7, 1991 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HURTING HIS STOMACH WHILE PULLING ROCK FROM FEEDER.

April 6, 1991 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGING POT ON MINER PRY BAR SLIPPED & HIT WRIST ON RT ARM

December 21, 1990 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

OPERATING BATTERY SCOOP IN LOW COAL AND LEFT KNEE STUCK UP WARD HITTING ROOF ON TOP KNEE WAS TWISTED AND BRUISED.

December 8, 1990 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

I NAME WAS UNHOOKING A WELDER BONDER WHEN HE GOT TWO LEAD TOGETHER BESIDE HIS HAND. LAST THREE FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND WERE BURNED FROM THE FLASH.

November 28, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK 2 LARGE PIECES OF BONY COAL FROM THE BELT AT THE SAME TIME, DROPPING ONE ON HIS FINGER.

October 31, 1990 PA · Coal security guard, watchman OTHER
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME MEASURING PIECE OF BELTING ON LEVEL SURFACE.110 DEG OUTSIDE OF MAINT SHOP WHERE HEART FAILURE OCCURRED.

September 17, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED UP ON TOP OF METAL BATTERY SURFACE TO HOOK CHAIN TO END LOADER BUCKET AND SLIPPED, TWISTING KNEE DUE TO WET AREA AND RUBBER BOOTS.

September 15, 1990 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF SHEET METAL FELL ON LEFT FOOT.

September 12, 1990 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIDING MANTRIP SKID INTO MINE A PLANT FROM PLANK BRIDGE BROKE AND WAS THROWN INTO SKID HITTING HIM ON LEFT LEG A RIGHT ARM.

September 4, 1990 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING S/S SCOOP TRACTOR HAULING SUPPLIES INTO MINE WHEN CENTER SECTION PIN BROKE CAUSING I NAME TO HIT HIS CHEST ON SCOOP FRAME

August 14, 1990 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

3-WHEELED MANTRIP JEEP HIT A HOLE IN TRAVELWAY AND INJURED CAUGHT HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON A ROOF BOLT AND CAUSED MUSCLE DAMAGE RO SHOULDER AND NECK.

December 8, 1989 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS OPERATING THE CONTINOUS MINER. STARTING THE CONVYOR CHAIN, THE CHAIN JUMPED OUT THE CONVEYOR CHUTE STRICKING HIM ON THE FACE. THE CONVEYOR CHUTE WAS FULL OF MUD CAUSING SLACK IN T HE CHAIN.

October 23, 1989 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE BENDING 4' RESIN BOLT THAT WAS BEING INSTALLED IN ROOF VICTIM SLIPPED STRIKING LEFT SIDE ON HEAD OF BOLTER.

September 21, 1989 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE PULLING THE MINER CABLE HE FELT A PULLING AND A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS R TESTICLE

August 23, 1989 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nats Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WORKING IN LOW COAL (40") WHILE ASSISTING THE ROOFBOLTER OPERATOR IN BENDING THE 48" BOLTS TO BE INSTALLED, HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT DURING BENDING ALLOWING THE BOLT TO STRIKE HIMSELF IN THE RIBS FROM THE FORCE HE WAS PUTTING FORTH TO BEND THE BOLT. APPEARED TO BE ONLY A MINOR BRUISE. DOCTOR REPORTED A BRUISE- INJURED STILL CLAIMS PAIN AND REMAINS OFF.

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