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1983–2026
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March 9, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Somerset Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJ REMOVING ROCK FROM FEEDER -HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT.FINISHED SHIFT BUT WAS IN PAIN.WENT TO DR NEXT AM.HAS HAD DISC PROBLEMS-WAS OPER ON A YR AGO HAD DISC REMOVED HAD BACK PROBLEMS WHEN REHIR

January 9, 1984 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Somerset Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WAS CLEANING BELT & PICKED UP A PIECE OF ROCK. IT BROKE & A PIECE HIT HIM IN T HE EYE CUTTING A PLACE ABOVE HIS EYE.

November 8, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Somerset Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS THAT WEIGHED ABOUT 50 LBS

September 19, 1983 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Somerset Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING BATTERIES SMASHED FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

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