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February 25, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A BATTERY LID WHEN BACK STARTED HURTING.

January 17, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING ON A PIECE OF BELT WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

December 18, 1990 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING ON A CONVEYOR CHAIN AND PULLED A MUSCLE.

September 14, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

TWO EMPLOYEES W9RE ATTEMPTING TO CARRY A MOTOR BY PLACING A SLATE BAR, THROUGH LIFTING EYE OF MOTOR. I,NAME LET HIS SIDE OF BAR DOWN AND MOTOR SLID TO HIS SIDE AND BROKE HIS LEG.

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