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February 23, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING HEAVY OBJECT WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK

August 5, 1994 KY · Coal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL, HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF. HE WENT TO PICK HAT UP AND HIT THE TOP OF HEAD ON A LIGHT.

May 12, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN SUPPLY ROOM WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL PLATE FELL, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT KNEE.

March 19, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PULLED GROING MUSCLE WHEN A TANK GOT LOOSE AND STARTED TO FALL, HE HAD TO CATCH AND HELP HOLD TANK WHILE REHOOKING. DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 3-30-94.

January 21, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVLEING COAL FROM UNDER BOLT LINE OVER THE CAT RAIL WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.

September 4, 1992 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PULLED A MUSCLE IN BACK WHILE LIFTING FLIGHTS ON THE BACK.

May 14, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING A PIECE OF CLOTH OUT OF DRAIN TILE AND HIS HAND HIT THE EDGE OF THE TILE, CUTTING IT.

December 11, 1991 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOUNTING TRANSFORMER TO MOUNT ONTO BRACKET WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

March 31, 1990 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SCREEN DECK. THE DECK SWUNG AROUND CATCHING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

September 13, 1989 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL ONTO THE VIB SCREENS, HIS BACK WAS INJURED.

August 1, 1988 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE REPAIRING A PUMP, A PIECE OF THE PUMP FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HAND. HAND WAS MASHED, NO BROKEN BONES.

April 25, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING HEAVY OBJECT.

December 29, 1986 KY · Coal carpenter HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THIS MAN WAS PL5CING & FINISHING CONCRETE. WHILE PLACING CONCRETE THE CONCRETE GOT INTO THE MANS BOOT & THE LIME & CHEMICAL REACTION OF THE CONCRETE CAUSED BURNS ONT HE LEGS.

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