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July 23, 1999 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & T Fuels Inc · Struck by flying object

COOOKING FOOD IN METAL BOX OVEN ON BED OFF CAT 777 TRUCK. EMPLOYEE FLIPPED LID OFF AMMO BOX TYPE OVEN TO CHECK FOIL BAG, PRESSURE IN FOIL BAG CAUSED EXPLOSION OF HOT JUICES TO SPASH FACE , NECK AND UPPER CHEST AREA.

July 24, 1998 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENDING AT THE KNEES TO LIFT CHAIN.

May 25, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK.

March 28, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WET HAND RAIL DUE TO RAIN, LEFT HAND SLIPPED FROM HAND RAIL PUTTING ALL BODY WEIGHT ON RT ARM & SHOULDER CAUSING PULL TO UPPER RIGHT SHOULDER & BACK.

November 24, 1997 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE MASHED HIS RING & MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR OF HIS MACHINE. HE HAD PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE HAND RAIL & WHEN THE DOOR OPENED, HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAU GHT BETWEEN HAND RAIL & DOOR.

November 12, 1997 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHECK AND SERVICE EQUIPMENT FOF FIRST SHIFT. DURING THE TIME SAID EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A AM RADIO ANTENNA WHICH WAS MOUNTED ON FRONT OF CAB OF A 35 TON ROCK TRUCK.

March 27, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & T Fuels Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP INSPECTING ROCK PILE WHEN ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EMP ON LEFT HAND, RESULTING IN DEEP LACERATION TO PALM

March 19, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER MONITORING A MINING BLAST EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE SEISMOGRAPH TO PUT IT IN THE TRUCK & TWISTED HIS BACK RESULT WAS STRAIN IN THE LOWER BACK

November 6, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE WORKING ON RECLAIMING HIS BACK SEEM TO HAVE BEEN STRAINED FROM LIFTING SACKS OF GRASS SEED.WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED UNTIL 11-09-92.

February 13, 1991 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SLIDING DOOR BECAME JAMMED. TRYING TO SHUT THE DOOR. WHEN THE DOOR CAME FREE, IT SHUT CATCHING THE END OF THE EMPLOYEE'S LITTLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.

November 24, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET A 6" WATER PUMP WHEN HE LFTED A LARGE BUCKET OF WATER ABOVE HIS HEAD CAUSING A HERNIA IN HIS NAVEL.

April 29, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL INSTALLING3METAL FILTERS IN PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIP WHEN ONE FILTER SLIPPED AND CUT INTO EMPL LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER AT 2ND JOINT.

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