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August 13, 1991 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wolf Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS ASSISTING IN REPAIR OF MINING MACHINE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY ROCK. ROCK DISLODGED BETWEEN TWO ROOF BOLTS. EMPL HAS DEEP MUSCLE BRUISES.

July 11, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wolf Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING THE ROOF WHEN A LOOSE ROCK (APP 3'X2'X4") FELL ONTO HIS LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING BRUISES AND POSSIBLE FRACTURES.

June 29, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Wolf Creek Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN ENTRY WHEN HIS BACK STRUCK A ROOF BOLT HEAD. THE BOLT HEAD CUT HIS BACK.

June 19, 1991 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STRIKING OR BUMPING
Wolf Creek Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

DEEP CUT AND ABRASIONS ON BACK.EMPLOYEE SCRAPED BACK AGAINST BENT BEARING PLATE ON MINE ROOF.

June 10, 1991 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wolf Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

A SMALL PC OF DRAW SLATE MEASURING APPROX. 6INCH X 6 INCH X 2 INCH THICK FELL FORM BETWEEN PIN BOARDS AND STRUCK EE ON HIS RIGHT HAND EE WAS KNEELING BESIDE OF A SCOOP WITH HIS RIGHT HAND REST AING ON TOP OF THE SCOOPS BATTERY BOX WHEN THE ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS HAND EE REMINER AT WORK FOR APPROX. 1 1/2 HRS MORE THEN DECIDED TO HAVE HIS HAND CKED BECAUSIE OF INCREASING SORENESS.

May 29, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Wolf Creek Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING VALVE TO OXYGEN CYLINDER WHEN THE GAUGE EXPLODED. EMPLOYEE SUFFER 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS LOWER RIGHT ARM.

May 14, 1991 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING CONCRETE BLOCK WHEN A BLOCK STRUCK THE SMALL FINGER OF HIS RT HAND. EMPLOYEE HAD HAND X-RAYED TO ENSURE NO BONES HAD BEEN BROKEN.

March 28, 1991 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Wolf Creek Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

INJURED EMPLOYEE WENT 2 BREAKS BACK FROM THE FACE TO GET SOME TIE WIRE TO USE TO HANG CABLES FROM THE ROOF. EMPLOYEE SAW AND HEARD A SHUTTLE CAR COMING EMPTY BACK TO THE FACE. EMPLOYEE STEPP ED OVER NEXT TO THE RIB TO ALLOW THE CAR TOP. THE CAR SLOWED WHEN APPROACED THE CAR RAN OVER A WET SPOT IN THE ROAD AND SLID OVER STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE LOWER LEGS. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE DECID

March 18, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Creek Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE INSTALLED ROOFBOLT ALONG RIB HE THEN LET THE ATRS DOWN IN ORDER TO ENABLE HIM TO SWING HIS BOOM TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE PLACE TO INSTALL ANOTHER ROOF BOLT.INSTEAD OF WALKING THE TWO STEPS BACK TO ACTIVATE HIS ATRS THE EMPLOYEE STRETCHED TO REACH THE LEVERS.HE THEN LET THE ATRS(AUTOMATIC TEMPORARY ROOF SUPPORT) DOWN AND IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS EXTENDED RIGHT LEG.

March 14, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Wolf Creek Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A PIECE OF MUD WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

March 5, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Creek Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE OPERATING THE OFF SIDE OF THE DUAL BOOM SIMMONS RARD ROOF BOLTER A LEAK THE SIZE OF A PIN HOLE DEVELOPED IN THE HYDRAULIC HOSE GOING TO THE ROTATION. THE STREAM OF OIL STRUCK THE EE IN T HE LEFT EYE EE WAS IMEDIATLY TAKEN TO THE HOSPTIAL EMERGENCY ROOM THE ATTENDING PHY FORWARD NO DAMAGE OR FOREIGN MATTER.

February 14, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Coal Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE KNELT DOWN TO TALK TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AS INJURED EMPLOYEE KNELT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA EMPLOYEE REMAINED AT WORK FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO HURS EMPLOYEE LEFT THE MINE AT 330AM DUE TO CONTINUED DISCOMFORT

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