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December 5, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Andalex Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS LOADING A RANK OF NITROGEN ONTO THE SCOOP AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER PART OF BACK DR REPORTS HE MAY HAVE A PINCHED NERVE

December 30, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS INSTALLI3G TIMBERS DURING POILLAR WORK AND PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK.

September 22, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE BENT OVER TO3PICK UP THE MINER CABLE AND WATER LINE TO HANG THME, A SHARP PAIN CAME TO HIS LOWER BACK.

September 8, 1987 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS HANGING 4INER CABLE & PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 9-11-87 AT W HICH TIME TIME HE SAW A DOCTOR.

July 13, 1987 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELI3G WET COAL AND MUCK FROM UNDER A BELTDRIVE A SHARP PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK AND BOTH LEGS

July 3, 1987 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELIN1 WET COAL AND MUCK FROM UNDER A BELT-DRIVE LOCATED ON THE SURFACE AND STRAIN HIMSELF IN THE GROIN AREA.

April 27, 1987 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELIN1 WET COAL AND MUD UP AT A BELT RIVE,PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER RIGHT STOMACH.HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 5/15/87 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TREATED FOR A RIGHT ANGULAR HERNIA TO THE STOMACH.SURGERY3WAS SHEDULED FOR 5/21/87.

April 10, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS GETTING 2UT OF THE SCOOP AND BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE, HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 6/29/87 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TREATED FOR INFECTION UNDER HIS LEFT KNEE CAP.

February 2, 1987 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HANGING 7HE MINER CABLE AND PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS MIDDLE BACK. HE CONTINED TO WORK UNTIL 02/05/,M AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TREATED FOR A MIDDLE BACK STRAIN.

January 23, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS HELPING 4AKE A BELT SETUP AND WHEN HE LIFTED UP ON THE BELT HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

January 8, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE HAD THE HING9D SIDE OF A BELT TAILPIECE RAISED UP & HAD INSTALLED NEW SPILL RUBBER ON IT. WHEN HE LIFTED IT TO LOWER IT BACK INTO POSITION HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

January 2, 1987 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS REMOVING3A MINER PLANETARY FROM THE BED OF A PICK-UP TRUCK, THE PLANETARY SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE OF THE FIFTH FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

September 27, 1986 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HELPING 3NSTALL A HYDROLIC MOTOR ON THED FEEDER, THEY HAD A COVER RAISED UP, WHEN HE TIRED TO CATCH IT HIS THUMB ON THE LEFT HAND WAS BENT BACK CAUSING A SPRAIN.

September 2, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS PUTTING 5 PANEL BOARD COVER HE DEVELOPED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK LEG.

August 14, 1986 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

HE WAS STANDING3ON A FLAT CAR THROWING TIMBERS INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET, HE T WISTED WHEN HE THREW A TIMBER AND A SHARP PAIN CAME UNDER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE

July 18, 1986 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING 7HE MINER CABLE AND SHARP PAIN DEVELOPED IN THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS ABDOMEN AND GROIN AREA. HE WAS TAKEN TO A DR AND DIAGNOISED AS HAVING A STRAINED MUSCLE AND RUPTURED BLOO D VESSEL. 3

July 2, 1986 KY · Coal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS REPLACIN1 A SECTION OF 2 INCH WATER LINE ALONG THE BELT. THE WATER LINE FELL DOWN ON THE BELT AND HUNG. IT THEN FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING A CONTUSION.

June 4, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LOADING 5 ROCK DUSTING MACHINE FROM THE LOADING DOCK TO A FLAT, PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS BACK BUT HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 6/11/86.

April 23, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DOWN ON 2IS KNEES SHOVELING MUD AND COAL FROM UNDER THE BELT, AND PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK

March 27, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELIN1 MUD AND COAL FROM UNDER THE BELT. A SHARP PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK

March 11, 1986 KY · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS HELPING 3NSTALL 7" BY 9" CROSS COLLARS. WHEN HE LIFTED UP ON THE CROSS COLLAR A SHARP PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS UPPER BACK

February 17, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBED UP ON E3DLOADER WITH 5 GAL CAN OF OIL AND DEVELOPED LOWER BACK SPRAIN.

February 17, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Big Creek Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE ALONG WITH A3OTHER EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A PUMP AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

January 2, 1986 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE HAD JUST FIN3SHED LOADING POWDER TRUCK CLIMBED UP ON THE POWDER TRAILER TO CLOSE THE DOOR & TWISTED CAUSING A SHARP PAIN TO T HE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

December 18, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HELPING 1ULL UP UNDERGROUND TRACK AND LOADING IT ON A FLAT CAR.HE THREW A WOOD TRACK TIE ON THE FLAT CAR AND A METAL TIE BOUNCED OFF AND HIT HIS LEFT FOOT.HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 120 12/20/85 AT THI8 TIME HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND DISCOVERED HE HAD A FRACTURED BONE IN HIS LEFT FOOT.

July 16, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE FLAT CAR DERAILED, AND WHEN HE JACKED IT UP AND PUSHED IT OVER TO GET IT ON THE TRACK HE RUPTRUED A DISC IN HIS LOWER BACK.

May 21, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Big Creek Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CURRANTLY WORKING ON AUGER AS MECHANIC, HE PICKED UP A ROCK AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

November 10, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE INSTALLING CRIBS UNDER THE FEEDER THE STARTING BOX LID FOR THE FEEDER FELL AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE LID AND CRIBS CAUSING A FX TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER

January 22, 1983 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE REMOVING ROCK FROM THE MINER A PIECE OF ROCK 3\X3\X6" SLID OFF & STRUCK RONNIE MAXIE ON THE HEAD & LEFT LEG. HE RECEIVED A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT LEG JUST BELOW THE HIP & A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT ANKLE. HE ALSO RECEIVED CUTS TO THE H EAD & LOWER PART OS HIS LEG.

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