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November 5, 1999 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS GOING TO PULL ROCK OFF OF THE MINER WHEN HE PULLED HE HURT HIS BACK

May 25, 1999 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE CHANGING HOSE ON HEAD JACK PULLING OLD HOSE THROUGH, IT FLIPPED UP PUTTING HOT HYDRAULIC OIL IN LEFT EYE. THE END OF HOSE STRIKING HIM INLEFT EYE.

August 5, 1998 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER TO TAKE JACK OFF OF THE FENDER. HE WAS GOING TO LIFT ONE OF THE JACKS ACROSS THE TAIL PIECE WHEN HE PULLED HIS BACK. ACCIDENT DIDN'T BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 8/11/98.

July 2, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPAIRING CONVEYOR CHAIN CAUGHT LEFT RIGN FINGER IN BETWEEN FLIGHT AND FOOT SHAFT BUSTING THE END OF FINGER OPEN AND POSSIBLY NAIL CAME OFF.

December 4, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHEN PREPARING TO PLASTER A BRATTICE, EMPLOYEE SOPNED A BUCKET OF TNT PROSEAL PLASTER. AFTER OPENING THE BUCKET HE WENT TO SIT IT DOWN AND WHEN HE DID THE PLASTER SPLASHED UP OUT OF BUCKET COV ERING EMPLOYEE'S FACE AND GETTING INTO BOTH EYES

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