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December 14, 1989 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF FLEXIBLE PIPE WHEN PERSON SAWING PIPE THE SAW WAS IN A BIND AND HE PULLED IT OUT OF PIPE AND SAW HIT ME IN THE MOUTH.

June 6, 1988 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

REFUSE TRUCK WAS CROSSING RAILROAD TRACK AND WAS HIT BY TRAIN TRAIN MAKING TOO MUCK SPEED AND FO POOR VISIBILITY FOR TRUCKS CROSSING THE TRACKS DRIVER SAID HE NEVER SAW RO HEARD TRAIN COMING

September 5, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING SLACK O6T OF CABLE ON CRANE HE WAS OPERATING.

July 24, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCC PNEUMO

July 24, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS CARRYING ROOFING UP LADDER AND THE W EIGHT OF MATERIAL CAUSED HIS LEFT KNEE CAP TO BREAK

July 24, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
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