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1983–2026
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September 18, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky May Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL HEAD ROLLER ON BELT LINE AT TIPPLE 3 HE WAS HOLDING BEARING WITH HIS HAND HEAD ROLLER & BEARING ASSEMBLY FELL INTO PLACE CATCHING HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON RT HAND B ETWEEN BEARING & MOUNTING SURFACE IT SMASHED THEFINGERNAIL & COMPLETELY SEVERED A PIECE OF FLESH ON INSIDE OF MIDDLE FINGER ON RT HAND

September 7, 1988 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky May Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS OPERATING TIPPLE. HE WAS PICKING ROCK FROM COAL WHICH WAS PASSING ON PICKING BELT. HE PICKED UP ROCK OFF BELT TO DROP DOWN INTO ROCK SHOOT. FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN ROCK & METAL G UARD & CRUSHED FINGER. EMPL WAS SEEN AT LOCAL HOSPITAL THEN TRANSFERRED TRO UK MEDICAL CENTER IN LEXINGTON WHERE THEY DID SURGERY & REMOVED SEVERAL BONES IN FRONT PART OF FINGER BECAUSE IT

January 16, 1985 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky May Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS REMOVING ROCKS OUT OF COAL COMING ACRTOSS THE PICKING BELT. HE WAS USING BOTH HANDS & WAS IN A STANDING POSITION. ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY THE COAL HAD SOME VERY LARGE HEAVY ROCKS IN IT & LIFTING THESE HEAVY ROCKS CUASED STRAIN ON EES BACK WHICH HAS NOW RESULTED IN NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT LEG & TOES. THERE IS ALSO SOME LOSS OF REFLEXES WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE.

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