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June 16, 1999 KY · Coal ELECTRICAL
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

EE WAS REMOVING A CABLE DROP TO SUBSTAITION CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES.

April 12, 1999 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT SPAD #318 IN #1 ENTRY. IT WAS IN THE OUTCROP. MEASURED 62 FEET LONG AND ABOUT 4 TO 5 FEET HIGH.

January 6, 1999 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS WORKING ON SHUTTLE CAR TIGHTING UP A CONVEYOR CHAIN USING A BAR TO LIFT UP ON CHAIN WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN LOWER BACK.

September 21, 1998 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A HOLE IN FLOOR JARRING HIS LOWER BACK ON LEFT SIDE.

April 17, 1998 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LAYING ON GROUND INSTALLING SHIMS ON MINER WHEN HE GOT UP HE SAID BACK WAS HURT.

March 19, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS IN PROCESS OF INSTALLING A DUST COLLECTOR ON RD16 DRILL. WHILE TWISTING DUST COLLECTOR (LINING UP) HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND SHARP PAIN WAS FELT IN LOWER BACK. THIS WAS REPORTED TO ME ON 3-21-97. DR DIAGNOSIS: PULLED MUSCLE.

September 10, 1996 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE & COWORKER WERE HELPING TO SUPPORT MINER PLANETARY ON SCOOP TO SLIDE IT IN THE SCOOP; WHEN ANOTHER EE RAISED SCOOP BUCKET, EE TWISTED HIS BACK.

August 10, 1996 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE WAS CHANGING MOTOR ON LEE NORRIS ROOF BOLTER AND THE PRYING BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL INJURING HIS BACK, ARM, AND RT SHOULDER.

January 2, 1996 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS HELPING MOVE A BELT STRUCTURE & HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE DOING THIS.

November 14, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING MINING CABLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE DOING THIS.

August 30, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT AND TWISTED KNEE CAUSIGN PATELLA TO BECOME DISLOCATED.

April 16, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE WAS BUILDING A BRADDISH HE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO FALL AND WHEN HE TURNED TO RUN HE FELL AND CONTUSED HIS ELBOW.

April 12, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHANGING HYD HOSE ON LOADER AND BUCKET WAS ON GROUND WITH TEETH IN DIRT THERE WERE TOOLS ON THE INSIDE ON LOADER ARMS AND AS HE WAS REACHING IN TO GET A WRENCH THE BUCKET ROLLED DOWN AND P INNED HIM AGAINST LOADER.

November 29, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DOWN ON KNEES, PERFORMIGN MAINTENANCE ON SCOOP. HE LOOSENED A NUT AND HIS BACK WENT OUT.

November 9, 1993 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

LIGHT BATTERY DRIPPED ACID IN THE MINING CAP, WHEN HE PUT THE MINING CAPON THE ACID THAT HAD DRIPPED IN CAP CAME OUT, DRIPPED DOWN FOREHEAD AND GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

May 8, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WORKING ON #2 BELT MAKING BELT SPLICE WHEN HE STEPPED OFF BELT CREELED RIGHT ANKLE.

January 7, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REPLACE FLIGHTS IN FEEDER CONVAYOR CHAIN WHEN RAILRAOD JACK SLIPPED OUT FROM UDNER CHAIN ALLOWING CHAIN TO STRIKE FINGER.

September 12, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS HOLDING WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS CUTTING FOR REPAIRS WHEN PIECE AT METAL CUT RT HAND.

May 28, 1992 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WAS PULLING UP ON MINER CABLE WHEN HE PULLED AND TURNED IN MUD CAUSING HIM TO TWIST LOWER BACK.

May 5, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MOVING R BOLTER BUNDLE FELL OFF MACHINE STRUCKR HAND

March 11, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NEELING DOWN IN FROUND OF FEEDER WHEN CONVEYOR CHAIN WHICH WAS FOULED WAS REVERSED AND CAUSING A CUTTER BIT WHICH HAD CHAIN FOULDER TO FLY OUT AND STRIKE EE ABOVE RIGHT KNEE CAUSING SWELLING.

December 3, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRAMMING FEEDER OUTSIDE; SET FEEDER DOWN TO BLOCK UNDER CATPADS.

September 4, 1991 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STRIKING OR BUMPING
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WALKED INTO A ROOF BOLT WHICH CAUSED A LACERATION TO THE HEAD.

July 20, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS PULING LOADER CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON PIECE OF COAL IN ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO TWIST ANKLE.

December 4, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE GOT ROOF BOLTER ON FOOT.

August 23, 1990 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS MOVING BELT HEAD WHEN HE GOT FOOT HUNG BETWEEN SCOOP DIPPER AND ELT HEAD SMASHED FOOT.

January 13, 1989 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF DRAWROCK 2'X3'X3" FELL STRICKING CANOPY & EMPL ON HEARD & NECK AREA.

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