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Years on record
1983–2026
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August 6, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rifle Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO GET IN LOADER WHEN HE FELT A SHAPR PAIN IN HIS BACK.

July 17, 1990 KY · Coal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rifle Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL CHECKING STEERING LEAK ON ROCK TRUCK.STEPPED BETWEEN TIRE AND FRAME UNKNOWN TO OTHER EMPL.ANOTHER EMPL GOT IN TRUCK AND BEGAN CUTTING WHEEL TO FIND LEAK.EMPL WAS TRAPPED AND CRUSHED BETWE EN TIRE AND FRAME.

October 19, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rifle Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING FERTILIZE BAGS AND EMTYING INTO FERTILIER SPREADER FOR RECLAMATION PURPOSE. EMPLOYEES BACK STARTED HURTING AND HE HAD TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

June 19, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rifle Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS PUTTING3A LINK IN THE PULL CHAIN OF A DRILL WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

July 12, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rifle Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL SERVICING EQUIPMENT FOR 2ND SHIFT.REMOVED RADIATOR CAP FROM DOZER AND HOT WATER CAME GUSHING OUT BURNING RIGHT SIDE OF BODY.

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