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March 20, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

3 MEN PUTTING UP HEADER 4 X 8 X 16 COMPLAINED OF BACK HURTING.

February 21, 2000 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Trinity Management Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RELIEVE OUT MAN MOVING MINER BACK TO CLEAN UP CUT OF COAL. MOVED TO RIGHT STRIKING MINER OPERATOR.

April 21, 1999 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Trinity Management Corp · Contact with electrical current

TALKING ON TELEPHONE DURING ELECTRICAL STORM. OUTSIDE IN MINE OFFICE.

November 7, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Trinity Management Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS BOLTING TOP IN NO. 2 HEADING LEFT BREAK WHEN SWING JACK BROKE AND BOOM SWING OFFSIDE OF BOLTER PINNED HIM AGAINST RIB. HURTING RIGHT SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK. ESTIMATED TIME 4 DAYS FROM W ORK.

October 29, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Struck by falling object

THIS WAS HELPING ELEC. PUT A GATHERING HEAD POT IN MINER AND POT FELL ON LEFT HAND MASHING 3 FINGERS. HE CEASED WORK RETURNED ON THE NEXT SHIFT OF WORK.

October 27, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Struck by falling object

THIS MAN WAS BUILDING A BACKSTOP AT #2 TAILPIECE WHEN CRIB BLOCK FELL OVER THAT HE WAS STACKING HITTING HIM ON LEFT KNEE. HE NEVER CEASED WORK.

October 21, 1998 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WENT TO MOVE HEADERS IN #3 ENTRY 2 BREAKS OUTBY FACE AREA AND THE HEADER ROLLED OVER BRUISING LEFT HAND. IT WAS A 6" X 6" X 8". HE KEPT ON WORKING.

October 6, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Trinity Management Corp · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

CROSSING CATWAQLK OVER B ELT SLIPPED & FELL OFF HITTING BELT LINE.

April 6, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE CUT FOREHEAD-EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING REEL CABLE, LID TO REEL CABLE FELL ON HEAD.

March 16, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Trinity Management Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, HIT SOME BUMBS AND WAS THROWN INTO THE ROOF OF THE CAB, THEN THE EE STATED HE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE CAB.

February 19, 1998 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

RUNNING MINER LIFTING MINER CABLE PAIIN IN LOWR BACK HIT THE GROUND

July 7, 1997 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT HE WAS DROPPING MINER CABLE, DID NOT RELEASE IT FROM HAND SO IT PULLED HIS LEFT ARM.

June 3, 1997 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Trinity Management Corp · Struck by falling object

EE HAD JUST PUT A WHEEL UNIT ON A SHUTTLE CAR, SAT DOWN TO CLEAN TOOLS, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF HITTING EE ON LEGS.

April 23, 1997 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Trinity Management Corp · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY BOUNCING HIM AGAINST CANOPY.

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