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Years on record
1983–2026
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May 15, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Smith Contracting Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS STRAIGH7ENING OUT A PUMP HOSE TRYING TO GET IT READY SO WATER COULD BE PUMPED HE WAS DOWN ON ONE LEG TRYING TO UNTWIST THE PUMP HOSE WHILE HE WAS UNTWISTING THE HOSE HE STRAINED HIMSE LF 3

March 27, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Smith Contracting Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE AND AN2THER EMPLOYEE WERE LOADING TWO TRUCK SPRINGS. THEY HAD ONE ON THE GROUND WAITING TO LOAD AND ONE TRUCK SPRING THEY WERE LOADING. WHILE THEY WERE LOADING THE FIRST SPRING, THE SECOND SPRING 4HICH WAS SETTING UP ON THE GROUND, FELL AGAINST THE EMPLOYEES FOOT.

May 3, 1985 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Smith Contracting Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE THE HAMMERS FROM A CRUSHER A PIECE OF GRATING HAD BEEN LEANED AGAISNT A DOOR THE GRATE FELL ON HIS FOOT AND BROKE A BONE IN THE LEFT FOOT

November 19, 1984 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Smith Contracting Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN A TRUCK TRAILER AND DUMPED OUT. HIS WEDDING RIGHT CAUGHT ON SOMETHING AND STRIPPED THE MEAT FROM THE BONE OF THE FINGER.

December 5, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Smith Contracting Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING CUTTING EDGE END BITS ON A TS-24 PAN SCRAPER WHEN LIFTING THE END BIT HE APPARENTLY GOT INTO A BAD POSITION CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

May 10, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Smith Contracting Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS CHECKING HYDRAULIC PRES ON A TRANSMISSION AND THE OIL FITER COVER BUSTED AND H IT HIM IN THE FACE CUTTING THE RT SIDE OF THE FACE

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