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January 1, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON ENDLOADER WENT TO GET OFF AND HIS LEG WAS CRAMPED UP.

April 30, 1987 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CUT LITTLE FING9R PUTTING JACK ON PINNER STARTED TO DROP JACK DOWN IN PINNER CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND AND CUT IT IN JOINT.

July 24, 1986 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE (B9LT DRIVE) STATED THAT HE WAS PUTTING A SLIPPAGE ROLLER BACK IN PLACE ON BELT WHEN HE FELT MUSCLES PULL IN BACK

April 3, 1985 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRY TO LEVEL UP MINE CAR FOR TRACTOR TO COUPLE UP TO IT. GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TRACTOR & CAR BRUISING LEFT SHOULDER.

February 1, 1985 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HIT KNEE ON SCOOP GETTING OUT OF DECK. EES KNEE STARTED TO GIVE HIM COMPLICATIONS & HE WENT TO T HE DOCTOR ON 3-25-85.

October 13, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES ON A T R ACTOR AND WHEN HE RAISED UP HIS BACK STARTED HURTING EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 11/5/84

July 14, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I NAME WAS PULLING APP 9 FT OF MINER CABLE WHEN LEFT SHOULDER SEPORATED .

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