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September 17, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & H Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKING ROCK FROM TAILPIECE. STRAINED BACK.

December 11, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & H Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PICKING ROCK SAID HE SPRAINED MUSCLE WHILE PULLING ROCK OFF BELT HEAD.

April 27, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & H Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PULLING ROCK FROM BELT LINE I NAME THUMPED RIGHT HAND ;WITH LUMP OF COAL

December 6, 1988 KY · Coal brattice man/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & H Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL SAID 5 OR 6 DAYS EARLIER RAN OVER SHOVEL HANDLE TWISTED BACK NOW WHILE WORKING AT TAI PIECE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT ARM.

September 8, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & H Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED HIT LEFT THUMB WITH ROCK WHILE PICKING ROCK AT TAILPIECE BROKE THUMB.

December 29, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & H Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AT BELT HEAD TWISTED HIS BACK AND PINCHED NERVE.

December 18, 1987 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & H Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WORKING O3 CUTTING MACHINE, I NAME BENT OVER STEERING LEVER AND HIT THE LEVER WITH HIS CHEST AND CRACKED CHEST BONE

December 30, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & H Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS REPLACI3G SPLICE IN CONVEYOR BELT , THE BELT CLAMPS SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE

December 12, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & H Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME LIFTING 9OCK OFF BELT LINE.HE WAS GETTING INGUINAL MUSCLE STRAIN.

April 23, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & H Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A BLOCK OF COAL FELL OFF COAL TRUCK BED. HIT I.NAME. IN HEAD WHILE TARPING TRUCK.

June 9, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & H Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DRIVER WAS CHECKING UNDER HOOD FO TRUCK WHEN HE CLOSED THE HOOD HIS RING FINGER HE HAD ON A WEDDING RING LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE HOOD LATCH AND IT CUT HIS FINGER OFF

March 15, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & H Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS CHANGING A TRUCK TIRE ON THE COAL TRUCK WHICH HE DRIVES- WHILE LIFTING THE TIRE HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

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