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June 25, 1993 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & P Contractors Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING S&H COAL DRILL AND COMPLAINED OF LOWER STOMACH PAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO DOCTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA.

March 7, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & P Contractors Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE LIFTING SUPPLIES FROM THE SUPPLY CAR ONTO THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE THAT HE WAS OPERATING.

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