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June 14, 2001 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
G & P Contractors Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OUTSIDE ON BATTERY CHARGER. ELECTRICITY WAS DISCONNECTED. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOSEN BOLT BY SPRAYING WD-40 ON IT WHEN IT IGNITED.

April 6, 2001 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
G & P Contractors Inc · Struck against stationary object

JEEP OPERATOR WAS OPERATING JEEP AND LOST HIS HAT AND LIGHT AND HIT A RIB WITH HIS HEAD. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAD 24 STITCHES ABOVERIGHT EYE. KEPT OVERNIGHT.

July 22, 1997 KY · Coal DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
G & P Contractors Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-EMPLOYEE FILED FOR BLACK LUNG BENEFITS.

April 23, 1997 KY · Coal DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
G & P Contractors Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-CLAIM FILED FOR BLACK LUNG.

April 4, 1997 KY · Coal DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
G & P Contractors Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-EMPLOYEE FILED FOR BLACK LUNG BENEFITS.

February 7, 1996 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
G & P Contractors Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRAMMING MINE TRACTOR FROM SURFACE TO SECTION 1500' FT INBY PORTAL GOT RT SHOULDER CAUGHT IN BETWEEN ROOF AND METAL POST ON JEEP.

July 5, 1993 KY · Coal MACHINERY
G & P Contractors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING S&H COAL DRILL AND BUMPED HIS CHEST INTO THE PUSH ARM OF THE DRILL AND BRUISED HIS CHEST.

June 25, 1993 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & P Contractors Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING S&H COAL DRILL AND COMPLAINED OF LOWER STOMACH PAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO DOCTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA.

August 9, 1991 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator MACHINERY
G & P Contractors Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USED HANDS,ARMS & BODY ON DRILL-DRILLING HOLES INTO FLOOR-BACK & FORTH MOTION OF DRILL AND BODY.

March 7, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & P Contractors Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE LIFTING SUPPLIES FROM THE SUPPLY CAR ONTO THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE THAT HE WAS OPERATING.

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