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March 17, 2008 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

The driver went to downshift and got out of gear - couldn't get back in gear. Stitches to hand and head.

July 24, 1998 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENDING AT THE KNEES TO LIFT CHAIN.

May 25, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK.

March 28, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WET HAND RAIL DUE TO RAIN, LEFT HAND SLIPPED FROM HAND RAIL PUTTING ALL BODY WEIGHT ON RT ARM & SHOULDER CAUSING PULL TO UPPER RIGHT SHOULDER & BACK.

November 24, 1997 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE MASHED HIS RING & MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR OF HIS MACHINE. HE HAD PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE HAND RAIL & WHEN THE DOOR OPENED, HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAU GHT BETWEEN HAND RAIL & DOOR.

November 12, 1997 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHECK AND SERVICE EQUIPMENT FOF FIRST SHIFT. DURING THE TIME SAID EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A AM RADIO ANTENNA WHICH WAS MOUNTED ON FRONT OF CAB OF A 35 TON ROCK TRUCK.

August 21, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON HYDROSEEDER DOING RECLAMATION WORK WHEN THE HOT SEED MIXTURE SEEPED INTO HIS RIGHT BOOT CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON THE DORSAL ASPECT OF RIGHT FOOT.

May 6, 1996 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OIL ON D10N DOZER & IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME. HE SLIPPED AND FELL, STRADDLING THE PUSH-ARM OF THE DOZER.

February 14, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ENDLOADER WHEN HE RUN MACHINE INTO A STRIPPED AUGER AREA, TWISTING AND CAUSING TRAMMA TO EMPLOYEE'S BACK.

August 21, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 773 HAULBACK ENGINE WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL AGAINST THE CRIBBING UNDER THE TRUCK INJURING HIS BACK

March 19, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER MONITORING A MINING BLAST EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE SEISMOGRAPH TO PUT IT IN THE TRUCK & TWISTED HIS BACK RESULT WAS STRAIN IN THE LOWER BACK

November 6, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE WORKING ON RECLAIMING HIS BACK SEEM TO HAVE BEEN STRAINED FROM LIFTING SACKS OF GRASS SEED.WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED UNTIL 11-09-92.

March 26, 1992 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PNEMOC-BLACK LUNG

March 26, 1992 KY · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PROLONGED BREATHING OF COAL AND ROCK DUST BLACK LUNG PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

March 14, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TONGUE OF LIGHT PLANT WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.

March 7, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE BACKING UP ON BULLDOZER HE BACKED OVER A LARGE ROCK AND JARRED HIS BACK INJURING IT.

February 7, 1992 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE FOOT SLIPPED WHILE MOVING A WATER PUMP WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF AGAINST HIS PICK-UP TRUCK HE INJURED HIS BACK.

February 13, 1991 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SLIDING DOOR BECAME JAMMED. TRYING TO SHUT THE DOOR. WHEN THE DOOR CAME FREE, IT SHUT CATCHING THE END OF THE EMPLOYEE'S LITTLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.

May 23, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A WHEEL LOADER'S SEAT FOR REPAIR WHEN THE SEAT SUDDENLY CAME FREE, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE AND SHOULDER AREA. THIS CAUSED BRUISING OF THE FACE, AND NEC K AND SHOLDER STRAIN, POSSIBLY A PINCHED NERVE.

November 24, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET A 6" WATER PUMP WHEN HE LFTED A LARGE BUCKET OF WATER ABOVE HIS HEAD CAUSING A HERNIA IN HIS NAVEL.

November 26, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HIS BULLDOZER WHEN HE HIT A ROCK AND JERKED HIM, INJURING HIS BACK.

June 25, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BULLDOZER WHEN HE SUDDENLY HAD A HEART ATTACK.

April 29, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL INSTALLING3METAL FILTERS IN PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIP WHEN ONE FILTER SLIPPED AND CUT INTO EMPL LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER AT 2ND JOINT.

June 7, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS GREASING CUTTER HEAD WENT TO DISCHARGE GREASE LINE AND GREASE SHOT INTO RT EYE

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