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May 4, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Grove Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED IS OUR SCOOP OPERATOR. HE WAS IN LOW COAL AND AS HE GOT OUT OF SCOOP HIT HIS HEAD ON COAL. A KNOT CAME UP ON HIS NECK. BUT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OK. HIS NECK KEPT GETTING WORSE SO ON 5-18-93 HE WENT TO SEE A CHIRO.

January 14, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Grove Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK WHILE HE WAS STRAIGHTENED ROOF BOLT.

August 20, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Grove Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

GETTING ROCK OFF BELT LINE WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

September 14, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hoopwood Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

HELPING ELECT. WORK ON FEEDER BRUISED R HAND

June 30, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hoopwood Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SOMETIME AROUND THE END OF JUNE, 1989, I,NAME STEPPED UP INTO A STORAGE TRAILER AND FELT A STIRY IN HIS SIDE. A FEW DAYS LATER HIS HIP STARTED HURTING, THE PAIN WAS OFF AND ON. THEN AROUND THE FIRST OF AUGUST HIS RIGHT LEG STARTED GETTING NUMB HE WENT TO SEE DR PAGE 8/18/89, GAVE HIM PAIN MEDICATION & TOOK X-RAYS. PAIN CONT TO GET WORSE WENT BACK TO DR. 8/23/89 DR REFERRED HIM TO D

November 2, 1988 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Grove Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LOADING SOLID BLOCKS INTO SCOOP & ALLEGES THAT HE STRAINED BACK.

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