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October 25, 2019 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry County Resources · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was moving material around shop, lifting idlers and felt pain in lower back.

October 2, 2019 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry County Resources · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was lifting and engine compartment lid to check engine oil and felt pain in back.

July 17, 2018 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Deane Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was working on a Joy 14-9 continuous miner with the top lid opened when the lid fell down on middle finger on the right hand. This action fractured the tip of the middle finger on right hand. Employee took self to the doctor after the shift and returned to work the next day with no time lost.

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