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August 30, 1989 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
T & Bc Coal Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAULING COAL WITH BATTERY POWERED TRACTOR. RAISED HEAD UP TO LOOK WHERE HE WAS GOING HIT BUMP IN ROADWAY, SAID HEAD HIT ROOF CAUSING HIM TO FEEL DIZZY. FINISHED SHIFT SAID HE HAD SEEN DOCTOR AFTER HE WAS CALLED TELLING HIM ALL EMPLOYEES WERE LAYED OFF.

December 27, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
T & Bc Coal Mining Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OP. WAS DRILLING HOLE IN MINE ROOF TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT WHEN HYDRAULIC HOSE RUPTURED CAUSING OIL TO SPLASH IN FACE AND EYES.

September 26, 1988 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator ELECTRICAL
T & Bc Coal Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

OPER BACKING LOADER OUT OF FACE REACHED WITH LEFT HAND TO MOVE CABLE.THUMB CAME IN CONTACT WITH BARE CONDUCTOR IN SMALL DAMAGED AREA IN CABLE.BURN ON LEFT THUMB INSIDE EDGE POSSIBLE SHOULDER S EPARATION AT THIS TIME FROM FALL.

September 21, 1988 KY · Coal electrician, lineman STRIKING OR BUMPING
T & Bc Coal Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING AROUND COAL DRILL - HE WAS LOOKING DOWN AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT CHEEK AGAINST BOOM OF DRILL RESULTING IN LACERATION OF RIGHT CHEEK 2" BELOW RIGHT EYE.

June 20, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
T & Bc Coal Mining Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE CAME TO OFFICE AND ALLEGED TO HAVE CONTACTED ROCK DUST ON HIS LUNGS AND WAS LEAVING JOB UNDER DOCTOR'S ORDERS. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED BY THIS COMPANY 1 MO. 3 WEEKS.

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