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1983–2026
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February 28, 1994 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO STEPS ON GRADER. EMPLOYEE SAYS HE HURT BACK WHEN HE STEPPED UP TO GET IN GRADER.

December 9, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ROCK DUST MACHINE TO LOAD INTO SCOOP BUCKET- FELT PAIN IN GROIN- CAUSED A HERNIA.

August 18, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING HEAD ON3ROOF BOLTING MAXHINE HEAD SLIPPED AND BROKE FINGER

April 10, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE A RADIATOR FROM A DOZER INJURED STRUCK HIS HAND ON THE RADIATOR CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER

July 12, 1983 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BY AN AIR COMPRESSOR AND ACCIDENTALLY LAID HIS HAND ON THE HOT MANIFOLD RESULTING IN SECOND DEGREE BURN TO HIS LEFT PALM

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