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January 22, 1990 AL · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drummond Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING STEPS UP TO THE BUCKET AND STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE. (AT THE BUCKET SHOP)

January 10, 1990 AL · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE POWER CABLE. THE CABLE HUNG ON A ROCK AND WHEN THE CABLE AND ROCK MOVED IT FLIPPED OVER AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT AND LEG.

August 8, 1984 AL · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drummond Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A DRILL BIT STAND INTO THE BACK OF A PICK-UP TRUCK, HE DROPPED IT ON HIS LITTLE FINGER

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