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November 21, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING GRADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM GRADER AND BROKE HIS LEFT ARM.

November 5, 1999 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

TRYING TO PRY ROCK FREE IN A COAL CHUTE BAR SLIPPED & HIS HRIGHT HAND STRUCK THE COAL CHUTE CUTTING ONE FINGER

April 19, 1999 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS HIS MOBIL HIGHLIFT WITH HIS LUNCH PAIL IN HIS HAND. HE LOST FOOTING, FALLING TO THE GROUND.

June 7, 1996 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE SEEKING BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS PNEUMONCONIOSIS, EE NOTIFIED 6-7-96 EE S INSURANCE IS ACTIVELY SEEKING A MORE DEFINITE SECOND OPINION.

May 13, 1996 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE TWISTED HIS BACK ON 5-13-96. HE REFUSED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. THE EE SOUGHT HELP FROM A NON-CERTIFIED PROVIDER. THE COMPANY REQUESTED THE EMPLOYEE TO SEEK SERVICE F ROM A CERTIFIED PROVIDER AND HE DID. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN MRI WITH RESULTS INDICATING NO EVIDENCE OF BULGING OR HERNIATION.

April 25, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK ON 4-25-96, HE WORKED UNTIL 7-22-96 AT WHICH TIME HE UNDERWENT AUDIOGRAPHY AT CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL. AFTER THE RELEASE TO RETURN TO WORK, HE UNDER WENT MRI EXAM AT WHICH TIME HIS DOCTOR REQUESTED HE BE EXCUSED FROM WORK.

January 21, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WA SPICKING UP A ROCK THAT HE HAD JUST REMOVED FROM THE RAW COAL SHUT WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND HIT ON TOP OF HIS STEEL TOE BOOTS.

January 6, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER TO FINE COAL CHUTE WHEN HE HIT THE TOP OF HIS HARD HAT ON THE BACK REST GUARD PUTTING PRESSURE ON HIS NECK.

December 19, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS TIGHTENING A TIRE WHEN A WHEEL STUD BROKE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL.

November 25, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS STARTING TO CLIMB OFF HIS LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND GOT ENTANGLED WITHIN THE LADDER.

November 11, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A 988B LOADER AND SAID THE SHAKING AND JARRING INJURED HIS BACK.

November 4, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS DRIVING A GROUND ROD INTO THE GROUND WITH A 16 LB. SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RT HAND.

August 15, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL A 55 GALLON DRUM OF STONE HARDENED BY HIMSELF AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO DRUMS CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AND AFTER SHIF T ENDED, WENT TO DOCTOR. THE WOUND WAS STITCHED UP WITH SIX STITCHES.

April 4, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING A 200 FEET LONG WATER HOSE UP A SMALL INCLINE TO CLEAN A DRAW OFF TUNNEL WHEN HE EITHER PULLED OR TORE A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

March 27, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REPAIRS IN THE PREP PLANT WHEN A STEEL PIPE WHICH THEY WERE SLIDING INTO PLACE PRESSED AGAINST HIS FINGER MASHING IT AGAINST A STEEL WALL CAUSING THE FINGER TO BE FRA CTURED.

February 9, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE HAD JUST FINISHED CLEANING THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE PREP PLANT BY SPRAYING WATER ON THE FLOOR WHEN HE RETURNED INTO THE ROOM TO RETRIEVE SOMETHING SLIPPERY ON THE WET FLOOR AND FALLING TO TH E FLOOR.

January 21, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE COAL THAT HAD FROZEN ON A BELT LINE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO THE GROUND.

October 18, 1993 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS CLEANING MUD & SILT FROM BOTTOM FLOOR OF PLANT. WHEN USING A WHEELBARROW TO MOVE THE MATERIAL UP AN INCLINE HE APPARENTLY PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEG WHICH WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DR. UNT IL HE WENT ON 10-26-93. EMPLOYER NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 11-24-93.

October 3, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A H. M. CYCLONE PUMP, WHICH APPARENTLY CAUSED A STRAIN ON HIS BACK, WHICH BECAME WORSE OVER TIME.

September 5, 1993 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING EE IN CONNECTING A WASHER CHAIN BY DRIVING A PIN INTO THE CHAIN EE WAS LOADING THE CHAIN WHILE EE WAS HITTING THE CONNECTING PIN A SMALL CHIP FROM THE PIN EE WAS HAMMERING STR UCK EE IN THE LEFT EYE

August 31, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING LOWER A CHAIN USED FOR LIFTING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON THE MUD AUGER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND BEGIN TO FALL GRABBED A HOLD OF A 4 INCH PIPE TO CATCH HIMSELF AND STRAINED HIS ARM AND SHOULDER.

July 25, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Contact with heat

INJURED WAS SHOVELING COAL OF A CHUTE SHEN HE STATED FEELING ILL AND WAS OVER COME BY HEAT EXHAUSTION. TEMPERTURES WERE 100 DEGREES THAT DAY AND VERY HUMID.

March 2, 1993 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REACHED OVER HEAD TO PULL DOWN A VALVE TO CLOSE OFF THIS VALVE IS EASY TO TURN OFF OR ON BUT DOES REQUIRE REACHING OVERHEAD.,

February 9, 1993 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS REFILLING A SMALL BIN, INSIDE THE WASHER PLANT, WITH PERCOL 368, A CHEMICAL DESIGNED TO MAKE THE MUD IN THE WATER STICK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK SO THE MUD CAN BE REMOVED. AS HE WAS REFILLING THIS BIN FROM A 50 POUND BAG A SMALL AMOUNT OF DUST FROM THE BAG BLEW UP FAN THE BIN INTO HIS EYES.

December 14, 1992 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDING ON VIBRATOR OVER HEAD. WHEN FINISHED WELDING STEPPED OFF PLATFORM. STATED HE TWISTED BACK.

December 1, 1992 KY · Coal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor OTHER
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WIND BLOWING FINE COAL AROUND, SOME BLEW INTO RIGHT EYE UNDER CONTACT LENS CAUSING INFECTION AND SCRATCH.

October 22, 1992 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLOSING REFUSAL DOOR, A ROCK BOUNCED OFF HIT HIS NOSE.

October 12, 1992 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE THREW LEVER OF HOPPER TO CHANGE PLOW OF COAL THROUGH PREPARATION PLANT AFTER WHICH EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED TO BACK PAIN.EMPLOYEE WAS THEN TAKEN TO ARH WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A SHOT AND X-RAYS

August 12, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

55061S PULLING ELECTRICAL CABLE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WORKED REST OF DA4 WENT TO E.R. IN EVENING MUSCLE STRAIN LOWER BACK.

September 12, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS GETTING OFF OF LOADER WHILE HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND

May 25, 1989 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR TO CHARGE SEATS TO GO IN OTHER DIRECTION WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.

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