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October 12, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE EXITED HIS TRUCK & APPREACHED THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER TRUCK TO SPEAK TO THE DRIVER HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE SIDE STEP OF THE TRUCK & PLACED HIS HAND ON THE BED FRAME TO PULL HIMSELF UP TO DRIVING SIDE WINDOW WHEN HE PULLED HIMSELF UP TOTOP OF HI-HEAD STUCK THE BOTTOM OF THE MIRROW FRAME

November 7, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT PICKING TABLE WHEN COAL DUST APPRENTLY ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.

April 3, 1989 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPAIRING RAILROAD SWITCH LIFTING PLATE WHEN HE SLIPPED CATCHING FINGER RT THE FIRST JOINT

March 10, 1989 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westerman Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

TRACTOR OPERATOR WAS BLEEDING BRAKES ON MESCHER TRACTOR BRAKE FLUID SHOT INTO RIGHT EYE.

September 26, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING WATER IN BUCKETS DOWN BELTLINE WORKING ON STOPPINGS.

August 15, 1988 TN · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING ROCK OFF MINER AND HIT HIMSELF IN MOUTH WITH ROCK.

March 15, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

NAM WAS RE INSERTING WINDOW IN DOOR BETWEEN PARTS TRAILER AND SHOP, HAND SLIPPED AND WENT THROUGH GLASS WINDOW..

March 7, 1988 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT ANKLE BETWEEN BATTERIES WHLE REPLACING BATTERIES IN SCOOP..

February 3, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

STRAINED MUSCLE IN CHEST WHILE PUSHING ROOF BOLT UP IN DRILL HOLE.

October 30, 1987 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINER WAS LIFTI3G SCISSOR PART OF A ROOF BOLTER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 9, 1987 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING A STEEL PIPE IN A ROLL OF BELTING WHEN THE ROLL WAS PULLED THE PIPE CUT THUMB ON LEFT HAND. THUMB WAS CUT AND MASHED AND WAS LATER AMPUTETED AT FIRST JOINT.

July 17, 1987 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Contact with heat

EMPLOYEE WAS EX1OSED TO THE SON FORLONG PERIODS OF TIME, HE HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE BECOMING VERY NUMB. LETHARGIC WITH FAINTING SPELLS.

February 19, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Girdner Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELIN1 OR SCRAPPING COAL WITH A #4 SSHOVEL WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

March 1, 1986 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING 8OZER TRACKS FOOT GOT STUCK IN MUD. WHEN HE TURNED UPPE LEG THIGH AREA TWISTED STRAINING MUSCLES.

January 28, 1986 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING AND CAR9YING CRUSHER HAMMER.

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