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August 15, 1985 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNLOADING MINE TIMBERS FROM MANTRIP CAR AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN TIMBER AND CAR REQ STITCHES.

July 16, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WHERE THERE WAS 60" COAL HEIGHT WHICH TEMBERS HAD TO BE VERY LARGE. HE WAS LIFTING A LARGE TIMBER AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

April 8, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHECKING BATTERIES ON UNDERGROUND MINE TRACTOR HE DROPPED BATTERY LID ON LEFT HAND MASHED LEFT HAND AND RECEIVED MINOR ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN STEEL LID HIT BATTERY.

October 10, 1984 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE BELTHEAD.WHILE LOOKING AT THE TAIL-PIECE A PIECE OF METAL FELL FROM THE SPILLBOARD,HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE, CUTTING HIS HEAD NEAR THE RIGHT SIDE.E EMPLOYEE RECEIVED STITCHES.

April 2, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING A BOLT, THEBOLT SLIPPED OFF OF THE MACHINE AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE.

December 9, 1983 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Struck by flying object

JIM COOMES WAS CUTTING A STEEL ROPE WITH AN AXE ON THE BACK OF A MANTRIP CAR THE ROPE SPLINTERED HITTING LUTHER IN THE RIGHT EYE AND FACE. LUTHER WAS SITTING 3 TO 4 FEET TO THE LEFT SIDE OF 4 LEFT SIDE OF JIM WAITING ON THE ROPE TO BE CUT SO HE COULD INSTALL IT ON THE BELTLINE LUTHER WAS LOOKING AWAY FROM JIM HE TURNED TO SEE IF JIM HAD THE ROPE CUT WHEN THE PIECE OF ROPE HIT HIM.

September 15, 1983 KY · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO THE BELTHEAD TO RESTART BELT WHEN HE HUNG HIS HAT LIGHT IN THE TOP JERKING HIS NECK BACK INTO HIS BACK

September 9, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS COUPLING MANTRIP CARS TOGETHER AND HURT OR STRAINED HIS BACK.

August 23, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS AT FACE LIFTING GUARD RAIL ON JOY MINER WHEN IT SLIPPED ON THE BAR WHILE WHILE LIFTED BY EMPLOYEE

July 29, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHAIN CAUGHT,CAUSING HANDLE TO HANG HITTING EMPL ON JAW.HE WAS THROWING JACK ACROSS BELT.

February 28, 1983 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Struck against stationary object

ROCK HAD FALLEN ON THE MINER. THE ROCK WAS BEING MOVED AND MINER BITS WERE BEING SET. HENRY MOVED AS THE ROCK MOVED ON THE MINER. AS HE TURNED, HE HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE ON A ROOFBOLT. PLATE

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