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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.

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.

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

September 14, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

TWO EMPLOYEES W9RE ATTEMPTING TO CARRY A MOTOR BY PLACING A SLATE BAR, THROUGH LIFTING EYE OF MOTOR. I,NAME LET HIS SIDE OF BAR DOWN AND MOTOR SLID TO HIS SIDE AND BROKE HIS LEG.

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