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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 18, 1994 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawkins Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS IS CUMLATIVE INJURY GOING BACK TO A NO LOST TIME INJURY IN 1992 IN WHICH HE SUFFERED A BRUISE KNEE BUT NO TREATMENT WAS NECESSARY. IN OCT 1994, HE WAS REPAIRING A SURFACE DRILL AND WAS IN A BENT POSITION FOR TWO HOURS. UPON ARISING A BKNOT CAME UP ON HIS KNEE HE IS NOW SCHEDULE FOR OUT PATIENT SURGERY TO REPAIR CANTILAGE.

June 16, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawkins Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE BATTERY STRAINED BACK MUSCLES

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