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Years on record
1983–2026
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January 1, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belfry Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN SHOP, REBUILDING A TRANSIMSSION. HE PICKED UP A BOX WHICH WAS 2 FEET OFF THE GROUND, TURNED AROUND, AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

October 17, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belfry Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS SHOVELING COAL ONTO BELT WHILE CLEANING BOTTOM PLANT FLOOR. AS HE MADE SWINGING MOTION WITH SHOVEL HE FELT PULL IN BACK. EMPL WORKED REST OF DAY.

October 12, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belfry Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING A DRILL STEEL SUB, WHICH WEIGHS APPROX. 150 LBS, FROM THE DRILL ROD TO DRILL DESK. HE FELT PAIN ACROSS THE UPPER PART OF HIS BACK.

November 20, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belfry Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

AS HE PREPARED 9MPLOYEE WAS DOING MAINTGENANCE WORK UNDERNEATH GRADER AS HE PREPARED TO COME OUT FROM UNDER THE GRADER HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE GRADER DOOR

May 12, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belfry Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO LIFT COAL SAMPLES INTO CRUSHER, AS HE BEGAN TO LIFT BAG, HE FELT A PULL IN LOWER BACK.

November 13, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belfry Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL ON TOP OF RAILROAD CAR WHICH WAS BEING LOADED BY A CONVEYOR BELT EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM ONE CAR TO THE OTHER STRIKING HEAD ON FRAME OF CONVEYOR BELT

April 4, 1984 KY · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belfry Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING A MOTOR AND SPEEDREDUCER TO STACK FLOOR AND LEFT RING FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN MOVING MOTOR AND ONE THAT WAS STACKED.

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