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December 12, 2000 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
W P Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

A ROCK FELL STRIKING HER ON LEFT SHOULDER & MAKING HER FALL ON LEFT KNEEE, TWISTING IT & HER BACK. ROCK WAS ABOUT 1' IN DIAMETER & 2-3" THICK.

November 24, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
W P Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE DIRLL OPERATOR TURNED THE DIRLL ON AND JERKED THE CABLE CATCHING EE ANKLE AND BREAKING IT.

December 9, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F & B Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DON'T KNOW DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT FOR TWO DAYS.

December 1, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
F & B Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

ROCK LAYING IN ROADWAY AND HE RAN OVER TOP OF IT.

November 19, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider OTHER
F & B Coal Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEART ATTACK.

May 26, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
F & B Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE SIGNED UP ON HIA PNWUMOCONIOSIS AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING 1/0 STAGE.

May 26, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
F & B Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE SIGNED UP FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS & WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING 1/0 STAGE

May 26, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
F & B Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE SIGNED UP ON PNUMOCONOSIS AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING 1/0 STAGE.

July 16, 1990 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F & B Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

WE WERE MAKING A SPLICE IN THE STACKER BELT. WE WERE PULLING IT UPON THE HEAD PIECE. I HAD MY HAND UPON THE FAN BELTS AND AS WE WERE PULLING IT UP THE BELT HEAD ROLLER TURNED AND CAUGHT MY HAN D BETWEEN THE FAN BELTS AND THE PULLEYS.

January 9, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
F & B Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING A LOG WITH CHAIN & ENDLOADER.HOOKED CHAIN TO LOG AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADER ,AND LOG HIT HER AND BROKE HER LEG.

January 2, 1983 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
F & B Coal Inc · Struck by powered moving object

MAN WAS STARTING TO CLEAN OUT DECK OF SCOOP ON OUTSIDE OF MINE HAD TURNED ON SCOOP & WENT TO GET SOMETHING TO CLEAN FROZEN MATERIAL OUT OF DECK MAN WAS STANDING BEHIND SCOOP WITH ONE FOOT ON D & ONE IN DECK MAN WAS POUNDING ON FROZEN MATERIAL & SCOOP JUMPED INTO TRAM SCOOP GOT ON MANS FOOT FOOT HAS 2 FXS ACCORDING TO MAN

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