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February 27, 1996 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Colony Bay Coal Company · Flash burns (welding)

EE STATED HE WAS WELDING BESIDE OF ANOTHER MECHANIC ON A FACE BLADE OF A BULLDOZER WHEN HE RECEIVED FLASH BURN TO THE EYES FROM A WELDING ARC.

December 1, 1995 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ALELDGED PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

November 16, 1995 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Colony Bay Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGED HEARING IMPAIRMENT

November 14, 1995 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colony Bay Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE PRYING LOOSE A CHUTE COVER (WITH PRY BAR), THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST A PIECE OF PIPE.

October 12, 1995 WV · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN / ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT

September 22, 1995 WV · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

September 1, 1995 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEDGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

September 1, 1995 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

July 18, 1995 WV · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEDGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

June 22, 1995 WV · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE BACKHOE. HE STEPPED OFF THE CATWALK ONTO THE FUEL TRUCK. HE LAD HIS HAND ON THE CATWALK TO BALANCE HIMSELF AS HE DISMOUNTED THE FUEL TRUCK. THE RING ON HIS RIG HT GOT CAUGH ON THE BACKHOE CATWALK RESULTING IN A LACERATION OF HIS RIGHT RING FINGER.

June 8, 1995 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKOWN/ALLEDGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

June 6, 1995 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEDGED LUNF IMPAIRMENT.

June 6, 1995 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEDGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT

May 5, 1995 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEDGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

March 31, 1995 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN ALLEDGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT

February 22, 1995 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT

January 5, 1995 WV · Coal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Colony Bay Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP SAID HE WAS DRIVING A FORD PICKUP TRUCK AND SUE TO SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS THE TRUCK TURNED OVER. HE SUFFERED A CONTUSION TO HIS SHOULDER. INFO BECAME AVAIL ON 9-11-95 THAT THIS SHOULD BE A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.

November 19, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colony Bay Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING ON THE DRIVE OF THE SHOVEL. IN DOING SO, HE WAS USING A SHORT HANDLE 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER AND A PUNCH TO BREAK LOOSE A BEARING RETAINER. AS HE WAS SWINGING TH E SLEDGE HAMMER, IT STRUCK THE GEAR HOUSING CAUSING HIM TO MISS THE PUNCH STRIKING HIS HAND.

November 7, 1994 WV · Coal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE STATED THAT HE HAD LEANING OVER THE TAILGATE OF A FORD BLAZER TO GET THE SURVEYOR TRANSIT OUT. HIS BACK STARTED HURTING HIM LATER.

October 20, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNONW/ALLEDGED HERNIA.

September 16, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT

September 12, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT

September 7, 1994 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colony Bay Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE WATER TRUCK, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE SECOND STEP, RESULTING IN PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

August 14, 1994 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colony Bay Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE STATED THAT HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE I/R DM-L HIGHWALL DRILL HE MISSED THE FIRST STEP & FELL TO THE GROUND HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH HIS SELF & JAMMED HIS RT RING FINGER

August 11, 1994 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

June 6, 1994 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE STATED THAT HE WAS REMOVING THE TOP GUARD FROM THE #2 LOADOUT BELT TAILPIECE AND AS HE SLID IT OFF THE BACK, GUARD FELL ON HIS FOOT.

June 3, 1994 WV · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER
Colony Bay Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING OUT OF TRUCK GOING TO WORK AND FRACTUREDANKLE(R).

May 27, 1994 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

May 20, 1994 WV · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Colony Bay Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATED, WORKING ON CORE DRILL AND METAL SHAVINGS FLEW INTO EYE.

April 22, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

January 28, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED AND AL PROFFITT WERE INSTALLING A HYDRAULIC HOIST PUMP. IT WAS NOT ALIGNED AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PUMP AND A CHAIN.

January 8, 1994 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SAID THAT HE WAS LIFTING A DUMP VALVE TO PUT ON THE SHOP WORK BENCH. SLIPPED IN HANDHOLD AND HE FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN.

September 22, 1993 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Colony Bay Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN ALLEGED HEARING IMPAIRMENT.

May 3, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL WIRING IN THE CONSOLE ARCED & HE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE TRUCK & DID NOT UNFASTEN SEAT BELT

April 28, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING ON THE BUMPER OF A F250 FORD PICKUP LIFTING SIX FIVE GALLON CANS OF OIL FROM PICKUP TO GROUND.

April 21, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colony Bay Coal Company · Fall from machine

HE SAID THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH THE FOLDING PLATFORM BEHIND THE OPERATOR'S CAB OUT OF HIS FIELD ON VIEW. WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL 11' 3" TO THE GROUND.

February 22, 1993 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Colony Bay Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN/ALLEDGED HEARING IMPAIRMENT

February 11, 1993 WV · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER
Colony Bay Coal Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ARRIVED AT MAIN OFFICE PARKING LOT & GOT OUT OF VEHICLE RIGHT ANKLE TURNED UNDER WEIGHT.

January 28, 1993 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEDGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

January 26, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colony Bay Coal Company · Fall from machine

INJURED STATED THAT HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF WALKWAY GETTING INTO FUEL TRUCK.

January 21, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colony Bay Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE SAID THAT HE HAD STARTED THE AIR COMPRESSOR IN THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK HE STEPPED OUT OF THE BACK ONTO THE WORK TYPE BUMPER HE SLIPPED & FELL IT WAS RAINING & HE HAD ON RUBBER BOOTS

January 5, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Colony Bay Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN GRINDING OFF WELD ON THE TOP PIN OF A HOIST CYLINDER WHEN THE WIND BLEW MATERIAL IN HIS EYE HE LATER RUBBED HIS EYE WAS WEARING BOTH FACE SHIELD AND SAFETY GLASSES.

November 12, 1992 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

October 6, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Colony Bay Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THAT HE WAS BEING LOADED BY THE 994 END LOADER AND WAS JARRED.

July 2, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEDGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT

June 1, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colony Bay Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SAID THAT HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE C925 ZELIGON FUEL TRUCK AND HEARD A POP BACK STARTED HURTING LATER WENT TO DR 6-5-92.

May 9, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Colony Bay Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED HE WAS BEING LOADED BY THE 295 B1 STRIPPING SHOVEL AND HE WAS JARRED WHIEL SITTING IN THE TRUCK CAB.

May 7, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colony Bay Coal Company · Struck by flying object

I.NAME KNOCKING OFF OLD SHOVEL BUCKET TOOTH USING A SLEDGE HAMMER.A SLIVER OF METAL BUSTED OFF THE TOOTH AND STRUCK LEFT THIGH.

April 23, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Colony Bay Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED STATED HE WAS DRIVING A COAL TRUCK AND HIT A HOLE AND IT JARRED HIM.

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