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January 7, 2020 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Contract Highwall Mining LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was unloading a gas cylinder from the back of a truck. The employee knew that they were supposed to report an accident/injury, but failed to do so until 1/23/2020. The employee went to a Hospital in Hazard, KY complaining of back pain and was then transferred to another Hospital in Lexington, KY.

July 28, 2008 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Contract Highwall Mining LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee bent over to pick up a crib block to move out of the way. Shortly after throwing block out of the way, the employee started complaining with neck pain.

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