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March 19, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Johns Creek Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS LIGHTING A FIRE IN THE COAL STORE IN THE SHOP.HE PUT COAL IN THE STOVE THEN IGNITED A RAG TO PUT IN THE STOVE.AFTER HE LIT THE RAG HE PUT IT IN THE DOOR OF THE STOVE AND FALMES SHO T OUT OF THE STOVE BURNING HIS RIGHT HAND ARM AND FACE.

February 18, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Johns Creek Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOOSENING A BOLT ON A PIPE, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH, CHIPPING A TOOTH.

February 8, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STRIKING OR BUMPING
Johns Creek Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

I NAME & I NAME WERE CUTTING TREES AFTER SOME WERE CUT DOWN THE TWO MEN WERE WALKING THROUGH AT WHICH TIME I NAME TURNED H IS HEAD & A BRANCH SCRAPED HIS LEFT EYE

July 6, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Johns Creek Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

THE EE WAS GOING TO REFUEL THE LOADER AS HE CLIMBED THE LOADER HIS HAND MISSED THE HANDRAIL. HE FELL BACK AND HIT ANOTHER HANDRAIL WITH HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE.

May 15, 1989 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Johns Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING 15' X 10" METAL PIPE.PLACED PIPE IN LOADER BUCKET AND TOLD OPER TO CURL BUCKET BACKWARD AND LIFT PIPE.OPER MOVED BUCKET FORWARD IN ERROR WHILE I.NAME HOLDING END OF PIPE.PIPE MOVED FORW ARD DROPPING WEIGHT ON HIM CAUSING BACK INJURY.

April 29, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Johns Creek Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS PICKING UP A JIG CAM AND SHAFT WITH A RED DEVIL RATCHET IN ORDER TO GET IT ACROSS A HANDRAIL AND I.NAME REACHED OUT AND GRABBED IT. AT THIS MOMENT IT MOVED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CAM AND SHAFT AND THE HAND RAIL MASHING IT.

April 4, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Johns Creek Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF METAL (ABOUT 2 FT. LONG 2 INCHES WIDE AND A 1/4 OF AN INCH THICK) AND HE SLIPPED FALLING BETWEEN GRIZZLY ON COAL HOPPER AND INJURED RIGHT LEG AND HIP.

May 23, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johns Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS WORKING IN THE SHOP AND PICKED UP A BATTERY FOR A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER

March 22, 1988 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johns Creek Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS WASHING OUT BASEMENT OF PREP PLANT AND A HIGH PRESSURE WATERLINE CAME LOOSE FROM CONNECTION AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD AND NECK KNOCKING HIM TO THE FLOOR.

February 8, 1988 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johns Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS OPERATIN1 THE FLIP GATE ON THE LOADOUT. WHEN HE PULLED THE LEVER ON THE FLIP GATE HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE BACK PAIN.

January 28, 1988 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johns Creek Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CHANGING TIRE ON REFUST TRUCK AND AS HE WAS WORKING TIRE OFF STUDS, TIRE SLIPPED AND STARTED FALLING TOWARD HIM. HE REACHED OUT TO GRAB THE TIRE AND IT DOUBLED HIS FINGERS BACK

January 15, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johns Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WORKING UNDER T9UCK CHECKING UNDER-CARRIAGE WHEN FOREIGN OBJECT FELL INTO LEFT EYE.

December 28, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Johns Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS OPER5TING A DOZER AT THE REFUSE PILE HE WAS LOOKING BEHIND HIM & BACKING THE DOZER AS THE DOZER MOVED IT DROPPED OFF THE EDGE OF A SMALL ROCK (ABOUT 6INCHES HIGH)THE VIBRATION FRO M THE DROP JERK9D HIM & HE FELT PAIN IN HIS UPPER CHEST & UNDER HIS LEFT ARM

November 3, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johns Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING IN SCALEHOUSE STARTED FEELING PAINS IN HIS BACK.

July 28, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Johns Creek Coal Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS CLEANING3RAIL CARS AND IT STARTED RAINING. HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE CAR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON WET FINE COAL AND FELL TO BEAM IN MIDDLE OF CAR AND THEN FELL ON THROUGH DOOR AND LAND ON BACK ON TRA7KS.

May 15, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Johns Creek Coal Company · Fall from machine

MAN WAS USING H2DRALUIC DRILL AND A HOSE BURSTED AND WHEN HE LET GO OF THE DRILL THE HANDLE OF THE DRILL CAUGHT HIS WEDDING RING AND THE RING CUT HIS RING FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND RESULTING IN 6 STITCHES. 3

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