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November 22, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
W & D Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL STATED HE WAS OPERATING JEEP LOST CONTROL STEERING WHEEL HIT HIM ACROSS THE ABDOMEN EMPLOYER W&D WAS NOT ACTUALLY NOTIFIED BY I NAME OF THIS ACCIDENT OR THAT HE HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED EMPL OYER ASSUME I NAME HAD QUIT UNTIL 12-5-88 WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED

August 30, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
W & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JEEP WAS GOING TO THE DUMPING POINT AND SPRING ON FOOT CONTROL BROKE AND JEEP WENT THROUGH THE DUMP AND DUMP DOOR STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD.

July 15, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
W & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS TOWING A JEEP WITH A CHAIN THE CHAIN WAS HOOKED IN THE WRONG PLACE FOR TOWING THE CHAIN CAME OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BUTTOCKS

November 30, 1987 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
W & D Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS DRIL5ING AND SAID THAT HE HAD DONE SOMETHING TO HIS BACK BUT CONTINUED ON FOR A SHORT PERIOD AND SAID HE NEEDED TO TAKE TO REST OF THE SHIFT OFF.

February 19, 1987 KY · Coal DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
W & D Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG 3

August 20, 1986 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
W & D Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE RIDING3MANTRIP, WHEN HIT A ROLL IN THE ROOF, INJURING LOWER BACK. BACK MUSCLE SPRAINS.

March 17, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
W & D Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATING SCOOP3HIT ROLL IN MINE FLOOR PUSHED HAND BETWEEN SCOOP & ROOF, CUTTING INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND STITCHES REQUIRED.

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