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May 8, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oakwood Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING AROUND HEAD DRIVE OUTSIDE OF THE MINE & HURT HIS BACK.

March 3, 1994 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oakwood Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CONVEYOR BELT BROKE & EE WAS HELPING REPAIR IT. THE BELT CLAMP SLIPPED & CAUGHT RIGHT HAND. IT TORE THE FINGER NAIL OFF AND CHIPPED THE BONE ON THE END OF HIS FINGER. EE DID NOT GO TO THE D R AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

June 7, 1993 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oakwood Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS HELPING LIFT ON A OXYGEN TANK TO PUT BACK IN THE STORAGE RACK AND WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO PICK IT UP, HE FELT A SMALL PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE HAS GONE TO THE DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR SAID HE HAD PU LLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

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