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May 30, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE PUTTING BELTS ON FEEDER AND HANDS WERE CAUGHTIN THE BELTS.

April 24, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE TIGHTENING THE BELT STRUCTURE THE EE LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE ROLLER OF THE BELT STRUCTURE.

June 12, 1996 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE REMOVING ROCK FROM FEEDER WHEN ROCK FELL OFF FEEDER GLANCING ACROSS EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.

May 15, 1996 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REMOVING ROCK FROM THE FEEDER WITH A BAR. A ROCK SLIPPED OFF THE BAR AND FELL AGAINST E'S LEFG HAND AND THE SIDE OF THE FEEDER.

July 11, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER. HAND WAS ON TOP OF DRILL STEEL WHEN ROCK FELL AND CAUGHT SIDE OF EE'S THUMB.

June 5, 1995 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS LOADING ROCKDUST INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET (UNDEERGORUND0. WHEN HE TWISTED TO LOAD A BAG OF DUT, HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.

May 19, 1995 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TRAMMING THE DRILL OUT OF #3 WHEN HE MASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE LEVERS AND THE ROOF.

May 1, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS RIDING IN THE SCOOP BUCKET ON THE WAY OUTSIDE. THE SCOOP OPERATOR RAISED THE BUCKET TO GOTHRU A DIP. HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE BUCKET SO EE WAS MASHED AGAINST THE ROOF.

April 17, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS STARTING THE ROOF BOLT INTO THE HOLE WHEN THE ROOF BOLT HOLE SURROUNDING ROCK FELL. IT STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD [BACK], BACK OF NECK, & SHOULDERS.

February 13, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS BOLTING THE ROOF. HE REACHED ACROSS THE BOLTER FOR A BUNDLE OF PLATES. WHEN HE PICKED THEM UP & PULLED THEM BACK, HE STARTED HURTING.

January 14, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. ON THE WAY IN TO THE SECTION HE SAID HE RAN OVER SOME THING WHICH CAUSED HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.

October 25, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS MOVING A BEG PIECE OF ROCK WHEN IT SUDDENLY SLID OVER ONTO ANOTHER PIECE OF ROCK HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE 2 PIECES OF ROCK

October 12, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ALLEDGED PNEUMOCONIOSIS

August 20, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ebenezer Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT AND THE RIB. IT STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER.

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