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November 2, 2006 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall from piled material

Employee was walking up mountain to go get a hose. The mountain was very muddy due to the weather. He slipped and fell in mud on knee and rolled about 10 foot down hill.

October 31, 2006 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee had pulled on winch cable earlier in day, he reached overhead with wrench while working on drill and pain hit in neck, down back and in shoulder.

December 5, 2005 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee got out of his excavator to check his hyd. oil & when he got back into the cab he twisted his knee.

July 15, 2005 KY · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating drill and drilling holes in ground. The employee stepped out of drill onto the ground and twisted his knee when he began to walk.

January 1, 2004 WV · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS LOADING A DRILL ONTO LOWBOY. DRILL SLIPPED AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN METAL ON DRILL AND LOWBOY.

November 11, 2003 WV · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler NO VALUE FOUND
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS OPENING HOOD TO TURN HEATER VALVES WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK & LEFT LEG. EE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. EE SAID HE GOT HURT IN PREVIOUS JOB.

September 26, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING TREES AND HE REFUSED TO CLEAR THE TWO PATHS AROUND THE TREE HE WAS CUTTING. WHEN HE CUT THE TREE IT LANDED ON THE OTHER TREE THAT HE WAS TOLD TO MOVE AND THAT CAUSED ANOTHER TR EE THAT HE DIDN'T MOVE TO HIT HIM. THIS KNOCKEDHIM ABOUT 5 FT. HE WAS ALERT WHEN WITNESS GOT TO HIM AND HE WAS COMPLAINING WITH HIS LEGS AND KNEES.

June 30, 2003 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NO VALUE FOUND
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · No Value Found

EMPLOYEE MADE KNOWN OVER THE TWO-WAY RADIO THAT HE WAS GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE CAB OF HIS ROCK TRUCK TO URINATE. HE WAS FOUND MOMENTS LATER SITTING ON THE GROUND COMPLAINING OF BREATHING PROB LEMS. DURING THE PATIENT ASSESSMENT HE SAID HE HD STUMBLED AND FELL OFF THE FRONT OF THE ROCK TRUCK.

June 25, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NO VALUE FOUND
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GREASE A TIW ROD END & HE HAD CO-WORKER TO STEER FRONT WHEELS BACK & FORTH & SOMEHOW HE GOT HIS HEAD PINNED BETWEEN THE TIE ROD & THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL.

March 17, 2003 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NO VALUE FOUND
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · No Value Found

COAL TRUCK POPPED OUT OF GEAR, TRUCK STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS, EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK.

March 1, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NO VALUE FOUND
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · No Value Found

DISMOUNTING DOZER AFTER SERVICING IT, HE TRIPPED ON TRACK AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS HIP.

January 27, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WENT TO TRIALER TO GET TIME CARDS AND SLIPPED ON SNOW AND ICE. HE FELL ON ICE AND HAD SEVERE PAIN IN BACK.

January 24, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TIRE IN TRUCK - PULLED BACK.

November 1, 2002 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

GET OUT OF LOADER TO CHECK OIL-FOOT SLIPPED ON OPERATOR FELL ABOUT 6' FROM TOP.

October 11, 2002 WV · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBING ON BUMPER WITH MUDDY FEET, HE SLID OFF AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HEAD AND SHOULDERS FELL ON TRAILER HITCH - RIGHT SIDE OF RIBS.

August 19, 2002 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MECHANIC & OPERATOR OF THE DOZER WAS CHANGING A HOSE. WHEN THEY LOOSENED THE BOLTS, OIL SPRAYED INTO THE OPERATORS EYE.

August 15, 2002 WV · Coal drill helper POWERED HAULAGE
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS RIDING IN THE PICKUP-IN THE BACK OF TRUCK UP THE HILL. TRUCK STARTED THROUGH CURVE IN ONE LANE, MEET A COAL TRUCK COMING DOWN IN THE CRUVE, DRIVER OF PICKUP SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND THREW EE FORWARD IN BED OF TRUCK.

August 14, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING OIL IN END LOADER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

July 29, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

BURNT EYES WELDING.

July 27, 2002 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS LOADING HOLES. AS PRIMER WAS BEING PUT INTO HOLE BOOM ON LOADING TRUCK HAD BOLTS IN SWIVEL GIVE WAY & BREAK. BOOM FELL ON VICTIM WHO WAS LOADING HOLE.

June 21, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER OF COAL TRUCK BACKED UP ON BERM AND TURNED TRUCK OVER ON PASSENGER SIDE. DRIVER HAD A CUT OVER LEFT EYE AND SOME NECK PAIN. TOOK EMT TO SITE AND CALLED AMBULANCE.

June 4, 2002 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS LOOKING FOR A SERIAL NUMBER ON THE GENERATOR, INSIDE OF THE STEEL BUILDING, DIDN'T HAVE A LIGHT SO EE REMOVED HARD HAT AND BENT OVER WRITING THE NUMBER DOWN THEN I RAISED UP BEFORE PUTTING HARD HAT ON BACK ON MY MEAD AND HIT MY HEAD ON TOP OF THE DOOR FRAME.

April 17, 2002 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

IT WAS RAINING VERY HARD AND EE WAS COMING OUT OF DOZER AND FELL FROM STEPS.

April 8, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING TREES OVER HIGHWALL-LOST FOOTING AND FELL TO ROCKS BELOW.

March 28, 2002 WV · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE THOUGHT BELT WAS BROKE. WENT TO CHECK BELT AND IT WAS OK. LET EXCAVATOR COOL AND UNSCREWED RADIATOR CAP. EE WAS BURNT WITH STEAM ON RIGHT HAND.

December 6, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

PUTTING DUST COLLECTOR HOSE ON DRILL AND REACHED FOR WRENCH, PULLED DUST INTO EYES.

October 2, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Little Boyd Coal Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE L160 LOADER HAD JUST FIXED THE BERM WHEN HAULPAK BACKED UP TO DUMP MATERIAL. THE MATERIALUNDER THE DUMP GAVE AWAY CAUSING THE ROCK TRUCK TO GO OVER BACKWARDS- OVERTURNING ONCE.

August 23, 2001 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WAS GETTING READY TO MOUNT DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON PUSH ARM. HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND HE FELL ACROSS TILT JACK.

August 14, 2001 KY · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DRILLING WITH HIGH WALL DRILL WHEN AIR HOSE BLOWED INTO ONE PART OF HOSE CAME THROUGH WINDOW STRIKING HIM.

September 6, 2000 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS PUTTING WATER IN D 11 DOZER OR ANTI FREEZE. WHEN HE FILLED 5 GAL CAN UP WITH ANTI FREEZE AND ATTEMPTED TO CARRY IT UPON THE DOZER. HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN PRIVATES.

July 21, 2000 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TREE WAS LODGED IN A BIND UNDER BACK HOE WHEN EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE PART OF THE TREE IT RELEASED AND PULLED HIS HAND INTO THE BACK HOE CAUSING INJURY TO FINGER.

February 23, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS CUTTING TRACK PIN FROM TRACKOF A DOZER. HAD TO LAY DOWN TO CUT PIN. A PIECE OF HOT SLAG METAL BLEW FROM PIN AND WENT INTO LEFT EAR. EMPLOYEEDIDN'T THINK HE WAS HURT AND DIDN'T REPORT THIS TO FOREMAN UNTIL 3-7-00 WHEN EAR BECAME INFECTEDHE GOT A PRESCRIPTION FOR INFECTION.

February 17, 2000 KY · Coal drill helper POWERED HAULAGE
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

BACKED UP ON ROAD TO TAIL DUMP A LOAD OF SHOT ROCK WITH 50 TON EUCLID ROCKER BED TWISTED SIDE WAYS CAUSING TRUCK TO SHIFT IT WEIGHT TO ONE SIDE AND TURN OVER DRIVER SUFFERED SOME BRUISES. BUT APPERED OK.

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