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April 28, 1987 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kermit Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WAS AWAR8ED AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS CLAIM FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 4-28-8M IN THE AMOUNT OF 5%

March 10, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING METAL 5LONG WITH I.NMAE FOR OVERCAST AND WHILE LIFTING 1 END OF 74 LB PIECE OF METAL GOT PAIN IN BACK AND PELVIC AREA.

January 5, 1987 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Kermit Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPOT BOLTING AL2NG TRACK AND RUBBER GLOVE CAUGHT ON DRILL STEEL BURR AND TWISTED LEFT HAND, BREAKING LITTLE FINGER AND PULLED LIGAMENT IN ARM.

December 18, 1986 WV · Coal scoop car operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kermit Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WAS AWAR8ED AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNES CLAIM FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 9-4-85 IN THE AMMOUNT OF 30%

December 18, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kermit Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WAS AWAR8ED AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS CLAIM FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 7-24-85 IN THE AMMOUNT OF 5%

December 18, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kermit Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WAS AWAR8ED AN OCCUPATIONAL CLAIM FOR PNEUMOCOIOSIS ON 12-13-85 IN THE AMMOUNT OF 5%

December 18, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kermit Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WAS AWAR8ED OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS AWARD FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 12-5-85 IN THE AMMOUNT OF 5%

December 18, 1986 WV · Coal scoop car operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kermit Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WAS AWAR8ED AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS CLAIM FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 2-18-83 IN THE AMMOUNT OF 20%

December 16, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING CRIB BL2CK OFF OF BELT AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK WHILE TURNING SIDE WAYS.

December 14, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kermit Coal Company · Fall from machine

GETTING OUT OF 7RUCK TO GO TO BATH HOUSE AND TWISTED RIGHT LEG.

December 12, 1986 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kermit Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS AWAR8ED AN OCCUPARIONAL ILLNESS CLAIM FOR HEARING LOSS ON 12-12-86 IN THE AMMOUNT OF .25 %

December 12, 1986 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kermit Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS AWAR8ED A OCCUPARTIONAL ILLNESS CLAIM FOR HEARING LOSS ON 12-12-86 IN THE AMMOUNT OF 2.5%

October 22, 1986 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kermit Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WAS AWAR8ED AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNES CLAIM FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 10-22-86 IN THE AMMOUNT OF 15%

October 2, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kermit Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WAS AWAR8ED AN OCCUPARIONAL ILLNESS CLAIM FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 10-2-86 IN THE AMMOUNT OF 5%

September 19, 1986 WV · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kermit Coal Company · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK 132" TO 1 1/2 THICK BY 9" X 18" FELL BETWEEN THE ARCH SUPPORT AND STRUCK HIM BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES WHILE HE WAS BENT OVER.

September 16, 1986 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kermit Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS AWAR8ED AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS CLAIM FOR HEARING LOSS ON 9-16-86 IN THE AMMOUNT OF 5.25%

August 11, 1986 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kermit Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING A PIECE3OF BELT WITH A KNIFE AND KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FINGER WHEN HE WAS PUTTING BELT IN TAIL PIECE.

August 7, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kermit Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

CROSSING DOSCO 4INER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AND HIT HIS BACK ON THE MINER BOOM.

August 5, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kermit Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING DOZER3ON SLATE DUMP AND WENT ACROSS SMALL MOUND OF SLATE AND DOZER BOUNCED AND THREW AGAINST TOP DOZER CAB

July 21, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kermit Coal Company · Struck by falling object

DRILLING TOP & 8RILL STEEL STUCK IN TOP & FELL OUT STRIKING HIM ON MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND MASHING FINGER.

July 11, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS ROCKDUSTING32 BELTLINE AND TURNED AROUND AND TWISTED KNEE.

May 9, 1986 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE CARRYING 2 BAGS OF ROCK DUST, BACK STARTED TO HURT AWFULLY BAD, LOWER BACK.

April 22, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Kermit Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE SHOVELING3COAL ON BELT SHOVE CAUGHT BELT AND PUSHED HIM BACK AGAINST TIMBER HURTING BACK AND NECK

April 17, 1986 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Kermit Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

HANGING CURTAIN3AND SHUTTLE CAR BACKED INTO HIM.

April 16, 1986 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS STACKING BL2CKS ON OVERCAST AND PICKED UP A BLOCK AND TWISTED HIS BACK

April 3, 1986 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKING ON UNDE9CAST, LIFTING AND SLIDING 60 PDS. RAILS IN PLACE

March 10, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING SLACK U1ON PIN MACHINE CABLE ACROSS BREAK TO HANG CABLE AND HURT RIGHT HIP.

February 5, 1986 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kermit Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WAS AWAR8ED AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS CLAIM FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 2-5-86 IN THE AMMOUNT OF 20%

September 25, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kermit Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CARRYING A ROCK RO U SE AS A SCOTH UNDER S/C WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL HURTING BACK & SHOULDER.

September 23, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING A CONVEYOR POT IN JOY MINER WHEN A ROCK SLID OFF THE HEAD & STRUCK LOWER BACK.

September 4, 1985 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CARRYING SOLID BLOCK HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. L

August 16, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE CONTINUOUS MINER ON THE #1 SECTION GOT STUCK AND THE INJURED WAS BLOCKING IT UP WITH CRIBS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

July 15, 1985 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kermit Coal Company · Fall from machine

SUPPLY MOTOR WAS GOING UP THE TRACK AND THE SWITCH AT 5 HEAD WAS THROWN THE WRONG WAY I NAME JUMPED OFF CAR AND THE ROOF BOLTS ON THE CAR HIT HIM ON THE HIP AS CAR WENT BY.

June 11, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kermit Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS ROOF BOLTING THE ROOF WHEN HE GOT HIS RT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN CANOPY & ROOF.

March 20, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL SHOVELLING MUD AND WATER AROUND 2-C HEAD AND POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN 2 CRIBS.THIS WAS A TIGHT PLACE AND IN LOCATION THAT IT HAD TO BE DONE THIS WAY.

December 15, 1984 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT HYD JACK ON SLOPE CAR WHEN JACK FELL ON RT FOOT

November 28, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TURNING AROUND ON THE SHUTTLE CAR AND WHEN HE STEPPED OUT HIS LEFT KNEE LOCKED UP THIS IS A REOCCURANCE OF AN ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED IN 1979 WHEN A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT CAUSED REMOVAL OF THE INSIDE CARTLIDGE OF THE SAME KNEE

October 15, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kermit Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR.WHEEL RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON BOTTOM OF CANOPY HURTING NECK.

October 1, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Kermit Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING JACK HAMMER LIFTED DRILL STEEL & PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

August 16, 1984 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LOADING A DIGGING ARM FOR A CONTINOUS MINER AT TOP OF SLOPE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK BUT COMPLETED THE REST OF SHIFT. THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON THURSDAY MORNING AND WE WERE INFO RMED ON MONDAY HE WAS HURT. THE SAFETY DEPT. WAS INFORMED ON 8/23/84

July 16, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kermit Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS CHANGING SCOOP BATTERIES AND WAS HAVING TO BLOCK BATTERY UP WHEN A BAR USED FOR BLOCKING SLIPPED OUT HITTING THE INJ OVER LEFT EYE CAUSING HIM TO HAVE 9 STITCHES

July 16, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kermit Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WORKING ON BLETHEAD WHEN COME A LONG BROKE AND ROPE STRUCK CALF OF RT LEG

July 11, 1984 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kermit Coal Company · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM CENTER OF FALL

July 11, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kermit Coal Company · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM CENTER OF FALL KNOCKING HIM DOWN.

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