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September 20, 1988 UT · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Genwal Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING IN LOW COAL AND STRAINED BACK WHILE WORKING ON MINER.

December 22, 1987 UT · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Genwal Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PUTTING 8HEET METAL OVER THE GENERATOR WHEN HE REACHED ACROSS THE METAL AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND ON THE METAL.

December 27, 1985 UT · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Genwal Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME SHOVELIN1 COAL ON TO BELT HE BENT OVER PICKED UP A LUMP OF COAL & S TRAINED HIS BACK

September 24, 1985 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Genwal Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

BLAIR A MECHANIC WORKING ON THE MINER HIT HIS HEAD ON T HE ROOF.

July 22, 1985 UT · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Genwal Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING ROOF BOLT PLATES ON A PALLET WHEN HE DROPPED A BUNDLE OF PLATES ON HIS LEFT HAND

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