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June 7, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Springs Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE WORKING ON THE SCOOP, EMPLOYEE LIFTED A MOTOR AND HURT HIS BACK.

June 4, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Springs Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE HANGING A MIENR CABLE, EMPLOYEE SAID HE HURT HIMSELF IN THE GROIN AREA.

April 20, 1994 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OEPRATING A SCOOPY, EMLOYEE BACKED INTO A HOLE, CAUSING AN INJURY TO HIS BACK.

April 15, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Springs Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE PUTTING A CONVEYOR MOTOR ON A MINER, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

April 5, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Crystal Springs Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON THE ROOFBOLTER THE EMPLOYEE GET HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL & SMASHED HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RT HAND

March 11, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Springs Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING A MOTOR INTO THE ROOF BOLTER EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

February 3, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE PINNING THE TOP A PIECE OF CAP COAL FELL & HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT HAND.

February 2, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A BELT PIN WITH A CLAW HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF THE HAMMER AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.

January 27, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Springs Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER STOMACH WHILE HANGING A MINER CABLE.

November 17, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS RUNNING THE ROOF BOLTER AND GOT A PIECE OF COAL UNDER HIS KNEE PAD AND HURT HIS RIGHT KNEE.

July 29, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING A CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & HIT HIM ON THER HEAD.

May 14, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE MANBUS AND HAD HIS HAND BESIDE THE MANBUS. WHEN THE BUS MOVED, IT CUT PART OF HIS RIGHT THUMB OFF.

February 20, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS TAKING A LOAD OF COAL TO THE FEEDER & HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE GROUND & HIS BACK STARTED HURTING

February 11, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Springs Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB & BUGGY CANOPY

December 7, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Springs Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING STEEL RAILS AND SAID HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER BACK.

October 8, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler ELECTRICAL
Crystal Springs Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A BREAKER IN ON A SCOOP CHARGER, THE MONITOR LEAD WAS TOUCHING A PHASE LEAD IN THE CAT HEAD AND IT GROUNDED WHEN THE BREDER WAS PUT IN.

August 18, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE PINNER INTO ANOTHER ENTRY AND PUT HIS HAND ON THE TRAM LEVER AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIS HAND.

July 20, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Springs Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

54730HELPING LOAD A TRACK RAIL AND PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.

July 9, 1992 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Springs Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING TO BUILD A SJTOPPING IN THE INTAKE AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK UNLOUDING THE BLOCK.

April 22, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL BOLTING TOP WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON CANOPY AND A PIECE OF THE ROCK WENT INTO EYE

April 18, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Springs Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL LOADING SUPPLIES ON ROOF BOLTER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

March 18, 1992 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator ELECTRICAL
Crystal Springs Inc · Contact with electrical current

MAKING A CABLE SPLICE THE CABLE ENGERIZED HAD CABLE IN HANDS AND IT SHOCKED HIM

February 10, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crystal Springs Inc · Fall from machine

EE SAID HE WAS GETTING OFF THE ENDLOADER AND FELL.

February 6, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Springs Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE MAKING A BELT SPLICE

January 21, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by falling object

PUTTING UP BOLT DRAW ROCK FELL HIT ON HEAD

October 29, 1991 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Crystal Springs Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS TROUBLESHOOTING IN A SHUTTLE CAR PANEL HE TOUCHED A HOT LEAD CAUSING HIM TO GET AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

April 10, 1991 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Springs Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A LOAD OF COAL TO THE FEEDER AND CUT THE BUGGY INTO A CORNER AND GOT HIS HAND MASHED BY THE RIB.

December 13, 1990 KY · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Crystal Springs Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH AND ACCIDENTALLY TURNED IT OVER AND BURNT HIS HAND.

November 10, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Crystal Springs Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BOLTER BREAKER KNOCKED AND HE STOPPED TO RE-SET IT.BREAKER BLEW UP AND BURNT HIS HAND AND FACE.

November 8, 1990 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC PUT A BROKEN CONVEYOR CHAIN BACK TOGETHER ON THE MINER.THEY WERE PULLING CHAIN WITH A STEEL CABLE HOOKED STEEL BROKE AND HIT HIM ACROSS THE NOSE.

September 21, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck against a moving object

GOING TO SECTION MANBUS WRECHED INJ L ARM LEGS AND BACK

September 21, 1990 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Crystal Springs Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL ONE BREAK INBY SPAD 299 ON THE TRACK ENTRY 3FT THICK 18 TO 20FT WIDE & APPROX 80FT LONG

September 10, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS HELPING TO MAKE A BELT MOVE. HE WAS CROSSING THE BELT AND AS HE STEPPED OFF OF THE BELT HE STEPED ON THE WATER LINE, AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

August 21, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME IS A SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR HE WAS HELPING THE MINER OPERATOR CHANGE BITS ON THE MINER HE GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE WHILE KNOCKING A BIT OUT

August 16, 1990 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Springs Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE GOING TO CAHNGE BATTERIES OUT ON A SCOOP.THE BATTERIES WERE HANGING FROM THE TOP WITH CHAINS.THE BATTERIES WERE LEANING DOWNWARD AND THE SCOOP WOULDN'T GO UND ER THEM.INJURED STOOD ON THE BACK OF THE BATTERIES AND PUSHED THEM DOWN SO THE SCOOP COULD GET UNDER THEM.

July 24, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Crystal Springs Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME OPERATING ROOF BOLTER.LOWER HEAD TO INSTALL BOLT AND HAD FOOT UNDER POT.SAID HIS FOOT SLID ON SOME LOOSE COAL AND WENT UNDER IT AS HE LOWERED IT.

June 20, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Crystal Springs Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE IS A SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR. THE MINER WAS CHANGING PALCES AND HE WAS PUTTING A ROPE ON THE MINER SO HE COULD PULL UP SLACK. THE MINER WAS MOVING AND FOR SOME REASON HE PUT HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE CANOPY. THE CANOPY HIT THE TOP AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS.

June 11, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN TRIP WAS GOING UNDERGROUND TO THE SECTION. THRE IS A STEEP HILL AT #4 HEAD AND THE TRACK HAD A NARROW GUAGE. THE BUS WRECKED AND I.NAME WAS INJURED.

June 5, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crystal Springs Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THEY WERE ROCKDUSTING THE BELT LINE. HE SAID HE FELL DOWN AND HURT HIS BACK.

June 4, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Springs Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL TRIED TO LIFT WHEEL UNIT BY HIMSELF & INJURED LOWER STOMACH. THERE WERE 2 MEN THERE WTIH HIM BUT HE WOULD NOT WAIT FOR HELP.

April 17, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by powered moving object

HELPING ON MINER,SHUTTLE CAR HAD LOADED,STARTED BACK TO DUMPING POINT.SC SLID AND HIT VICTIM.PLACE WAS VERY STEEP,WET AND LYING ON SIDE.

April 6, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE SAID A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS KNEE.

March 26, 1990 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD PULL CHAIN HOOKED TO ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT CHAIN BROKE HIT VICTIM ON HAND

January 26, 1990 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS OPERATING TRIP & WRENCHED & HIT HEAD ON TRIP HE WAS BY HIMSELF

November 20, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Crystal Springs Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS A ROOF BOLT OPEN ON A DOUBLE HEAD BOLTER HE WENT TO BACK SIDE OF BOLTER TO MAKE UP OLTS & THE OTHER OPER. BACKUP BOLTER ON HIS FOOT.

November 4, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS PINNING & A PIECE DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON THE SHOULDER.

August 13, 1989 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Crystal Springs Inc · Struck by falling object

FOREMAN CAME THRU A MAN DOOR FROM INTAKE TO BELT LINE AND SAID A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM AND WENT AND CHECKED AREA AND COULD NOT FIND WHERE AWAY ROCK HAD FALLEN.

July 18, 1989 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Crystal Springs Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL INTRACK ENTRY (1) ONE BRK OUTBY SPADI 251-INTERSECTION. APPLY 4 1/2 FT. HIGH -20' X 20' WIDTH AND LENGTH.

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