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August 6, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
H E C Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BEING LOADED IN THE PIT AREA AND STATED THAT TH ELOADER SLID BECAUSE THE PIT WAS WET AND HIT THE ROCK WITH THE ARMS OF THE LOADER CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE WINDOW WITH HIS HEAD AND S AID THAT A ROCK ABOUT 5' LONG AND 4' THICK FELL OUT OF THE LOADER BUCKE TBOUNCIN GHIM HURTING HIS BACK.

May 24, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
H E C Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING OFF HILL IN GREASE TRUCK WHEN TRUCK CAME OUT OF GEAR AND BEFORE HE COULD STOP TRUCK, DRIVER CLAIMED THAT THE BOUNCING CAUSED HIM TO HURT BACK.

April 5, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H E C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING HIS USUAL DUTIES AS OILER. HE HAD PARKED HIS FUEL TRUCK A C-60 CHECY TRUCK AND AS A SAFETY MEASURE HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A ROCK AND PLACE UNDER HIS TIRE WHEN HE LIFTED THE ROCK. HE SAID HE FELT HIS LEFT RIB POP AND FELT PAIN. UPON EXAM. BY A DOCTOR IT WAS DETERMINED HE HAD CRACKED HIS RIB ON LEFT SIDE.

March 5, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H E C Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS WORKING ON THE TRACK OF A DRILL, HE STRUCK A METAL PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF OF HAMMER AND STRUCK THE EE IN RIGHT LEG CAUSING A SMALL PUNTURE WOUND.

February 28, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H E C Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVER STATED THAT HE WAS TRIMING HIS LOAD IN PREPERATION TO PUTTING TARP ON. HE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF TRAILER & HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL APPROX 12' TO GROUND. THE FALL CAUSED INJURIED TO B OTH WRISTS & PUT A CUT ABOVE RIGHT EYE.

February 1, 1994 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H E C Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

SHOVEL OPERATOR WAS GETTING RIDE IN UNIT RIG ROCK TRUCK TO PIT AREA WHERE SHOVEL WAS. AS HE WAS MOUNTING ROCK TRUCK HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON LADDER AND FELL APPROX. 15 FEET TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET.

November 26, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H E C Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HELP UNLOAD NITROGIN TANK FROM TRUCK. AFTER TAKING HOLD OF ONE END, TANK SLIPPED OUT OF TRUCK & PINNED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN TANK & BUMPER OF TRUCK, MASHING THE RIN G FINGER.

November 19, 1993 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H E C Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER, MISSED BOTTOM STIRRUP OF LADDER AND FELL APPROX 8' TO GROUND, STRIKIN GBACK OF HEAD.

November 6, 1993 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
H E C Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK DRILL STEELS WITH A MANUAL DECK WRENCH. THE DECK WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE STEEL AND STRUCK EE IN THE LEFT KNEE.

October 8, 1993 KY · Coal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H E C Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD BEEN PUMPING FUEL. HE TURNED TO PUT NOZZLE BACK IN FUEL TRUCK, STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

October 8, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H E C Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS DISMOUNTING A 120 TON UNIT RIG ROCK TRUCK HAND WAS CUAGHT IN METAL BURR AND CUT AT THE KNUCKLES.

September 13, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
H E C Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DUMP SPOIL ON THE NO.9 SEAM LEVEL DUMP, THE DUMP MAY HAVE GAVE WAY OR THE TRUCK OVER TRAVELED THE BERM ON THE BLIND SIDE. EE JUMPED FROM TRUCK AND FELL DOWN THE SPOIL BANK LANDING ON THE NO. 8 SEAM LEVEL.

August 11, 1993 KY · Coal transit man, surveyor/transit worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H E C Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING RT OF WAY ON MOUNTAIN SIDE SLIPPED & FELL ON CUTTING TOOL CUTTING HIS RT HAND

July 5, 1993 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H E C Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL FROM DOZER STEP LANDING ON LEFT FOOT IN AN AWKWARD POSITION FOOT AND THREE TOES WERE FRACTURED.

June 29, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
H E C Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONED ON HIS SIDE USING A CUTTING TORCH SPARKS FROM TORCH WENT INTO HIS RT EAR BURNING A HOLE IN THE EARDRUM

May 28, 1993 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
H E C Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OEPRATING AN OIL TRUCK AND WAS TRAVELING FROM A DRILL BENCH TO PARKING LOT. HE HIT A ROCK IN THE ROAD, CAUSIGN THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOSE CONTROL. EMPLOYEE'S WRIST WAS ENTANGELE D IN THE WHEEL, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TOS TSTRIKE HIS WRIST.

January 20, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H E C Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED HAD CUT OPEN AN OIL FILTER AND WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO PRY IT OUT OF THE CANISTER. THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED CAUSING HIS RIGHT FOREFINGER TO GET CUT ON THE JAGGED EDGE OF THE CANISTO ER.

January 19, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H E C Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A TRANSMISSION FROM 2 2/2 TON GREASE TRUCK WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FELL OFF A TRANSMISSION JACK AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HAND.

January 6, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H E C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PULL ONTO WORK AREA DISMOUNTED THE POWDER TRUCK AND REELED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

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