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1983–2026
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September 8, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING DIRT TO PREPARE SHOT HOLE BACK BEGAN HURT. BY NEXT MORNING WAS IN EXTREME PAIN.

August 26, 1991 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

LIFTIGN AND THROWING RAILROAD TIES INTO LAODER BUCKE TTO BUILD BARRIER ON RAILROAD HOPPER.

March 26, 1990 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE CHANGING SCREEN. LIFTING SCREEN OFF CATWALK ON TOP SCREEN DECK WHILE TWISTING AROUND.

January 26, 1989 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE SCREEN IN TRIPPLE.HEWAS BENT OVER AND WHEN HE STOOD UP HE HIT HIS HEAD ON STEEL I BEAM SLIPPED DISC IN NECK.

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