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May 4, 1987 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE0UELING A BULLDOZER. WHILE FUELING DOZER THE FUEL HOSE TWISTED AROUND CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S FINGER IN THE FUEL NOZZLE.

March 18, 1987 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FELT P5IN IN HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING MUD FROM ALONG A BELTLINE.

November 17, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A PAN CONVEYOR LINE WHILE TWISTING AROUND TO POSITION HIMSELF HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN

October 7, 1986 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS ASSISTI3G EXPLOSIVES CREW UNLOADING BLASTING AGENTS FROM REAR OF TRUCK, WHEN EMPLOYEE LOWERED TAILGATE, A BAG OF EXPLOSIVES STRUCK THE RELEASE LEVER STRIKING THUMB

September 9, 1986 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEES HARD 2AT FELL OFF AND AS HE BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT PLATE CAUSING INJURY

August 13, 1986 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP GOT DIRT IN3HIS EYE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE AN OIL PLUG FROM A D9L DOZER

July 19, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING METAL PIN ON EQUIPMENT WHILE INSTALLING PIN EMPLOYEE DROPPED IT ON HIS FINGER

July 15, 1986 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO PULL WATER SUCTION LINE FROM THE WATER HOLE WHILE PULLING ON LINE EMPLOYEE TWISTED BACK WHEN WATER LINE SLIPPED

June 3, 1986 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING A LIGHT BULB ON HIS BULLDOZER WHILE CHANGING BULB EMPLOYEE RAISED UP STRIKING THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON THE LIGHT RECEPTACLE

May 29, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS STACKIN1 TIRES ONTO A STACK AND ONE TIRE BOUNCED BACK AND STRUCK EMP CAUSING INJURY

February 14, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A CYLINDER HEAD FROM A DIESEL ENGINE WHILE DOING SO EMPLOYEE DROPPED IT ON HIS FOOT CAUSING AN INJURY

February 12, 1986 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS LOWERIN1 A PORTABLE WALK OVER SCREENS AT THE ROTARY BREAKER WHILE LOWERING THE WALK THE CHAIN SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HAND S AND THE HOOK STRUCK HIS HAND

November 20, 1985 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MO6NTING A LADDER ON A ROCK TRUCK. WHILE MOUNTING LADDER, THE EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS CHEST.

July 8, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING DRIVE CHAIN ON A HIGHWALL DRILL. WHILE INSTALLING CHAIN, EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLES.

June 24, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS DISMOUNTING ROCK TRUCK FOR HIS LUNCH BREAK WHILE DISMOUNTING TRUCK FOREIGN MATERIAL FELL INTO EMPLOYEES EYE

June 10, 1985 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A SHELF BRACKET WHILE LOOKING FOR PARTS IN A PARTS TRAILER.

February 27, 1985 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL LOADING CASES OF EXPLOSIVES INTO REAR OF PICKUP TRUCK.WHILE LOADING EXPLOSIVES,EMPL EXPERIENCED PAIN IN GROIN AREA.

February 22, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS INSTALING TRANSMISSION IN A DOZER AND WHILE DOING SO THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN STUD AND STUD HOLE

February 7, 1985 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL STARTING GASOLINE ENGINE WITH PULL ROPE.ROPE SLIPPED CAUSING EMPL HAND TO STRIKE COUNTERWEIGHT ON BACK OF DOZER.

December 11, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING PLACEMENT OF ELECTRICAL SHOVEL TRAILING CABLE. WHILE THE CABLE WAS BEING MOVED, A SECTION OF LOOPED CABLE STRUCK EMPLOYEE WHO WAS STANDING NEARBY.

November 20, 1984 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER FUELING EQUIPMENT WHILE FUELING EQUIPMENT THE HOSE NOZZLE KIDKED AROUND STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIBS

November 12, 1984 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL REPAIRING AIR COMPRESSOR OIL TRUCK.WHILE DISMOUNTING OIL TRUCK EMPL TWISTED HIS BACK.

November 5, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CUT TO PALM OF HAND ON A SHARP METAL EDGE OF A LAMP HOUSING WHILE CHANGING A HEAD LAMP BULB ON AN END-LOADER

August 12, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HANDLING SHOVEL CABLE, A SMALL PARTICLE OF METAL LODGED IN EMPLOYEES EYE

July 12, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN AN END LOADER LADDER AFTER FINISHING REPAIRS. WHILE DOING SO, EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE OPEN DOOR OF HIS MAINTENANCE TRUCK WHICH WAS PARKED ALONG SIDE OF THE LOADER.

April 9, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING LADDER ON A ROCK TRUCK. WHILE DISMOUNTING LADDER, EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE

April 6, 1984 KY · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TURBO FROM ENGINE. WHILE FREMOVING TURBO, EMPLOYEE ALLOWED IT TO SLIP STRIKING HIS FINGERS.

February 21, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS HELPING SPLICE DRILL CHAIN WHILE SPLICING IT SLIPPED WRENCHING AND STRAINED TENDONS IN WRIST

January 26, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING FRONT BUMPER ON A MACK COAL TRUCK. WHILE MOUNTING BUMPER EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS FINGER (RIGHT)BETWEEN BUMPER AND BUMPER.

December 14, 1983 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP SHEET METAL. WHILE PICKING UP METAL, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN.

October 31, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEG WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM A ROCK TRUCK

October 20, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A PROPEL BRAKE ASSEMBLY. WHILE DOING SO HIS FINGER STRUCK A SHARP METAL BARB CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS FINGER

September 27, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT A SMALL PC OF METAL IN HIS EYE WHILE WORKING EMPLOYEE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE METAL IN HIS EYE UNTIL HE WENT HOME FROM WORK

September 20, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE LIFTING AND INSTALLING AN ALTERNATOR

July 14, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS POSITIONED UNDER HOOD FOF ROCK TRUCK ATTEMPTING TO START THE ENGINE WHILE STARTING ENGINE THE HOOD FELL STRIKING LOWER LEGS AND FEET

July 12, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING COMPRESSED GAS CYLINDERS ONTO HIS TRUCK

June 14, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A METAL BUSHING ON THE DRILL STEEL WHILE INSTALLING BUSHING EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS BACK

April 26, 1983 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AA TOW CABLE FROM A FUEL TANK. WHILE REMOVING CABLE, EMPLOYEE CONTACTED A SHARP STRAND OF WIRE ON CABLE CUTTING HIS FINGER.

April 19, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TRACK PADS TO INSTALL ON A BULL DOZER. WHILE LIFTING PADS, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN.

April 19, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE BELLY PAN GUARD ONA BULLDOZER. WHILE REMOVING THE BELLY PAN GUARD, EMPLOYEE DROPPED IT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

April 11, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A ROCK GUARD FROM THE ROADWAY. WHILE PICKING UP ROCK GUARD, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN.

March 21, 1983 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE HELPING MOVE AN ELECTRIC MOTOR THROUGH A DRAW OFF TUNNEL

March 15, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL TRACKS ON A HIGHWALL DRILL WHILE INSTALLING TRACKS EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.

February 14, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A DRILL HEAD SHAFT. WHILE DOING SO, THE SHAFT TURNED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEES FINGER AGAINST A CONCRETE SLAB, CAUSING INJURY

January 19, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS INSTALLING A CHAIN ON A HIGHWALL DRILL WHILE INSTALLING CHAIN EMP CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN CHHAIN AND SPROCKET

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