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Years on record
1983–2026
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September 3, 1991 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon Seam Systems Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING GENERATOR & WAS TRYING TO UP-RIGHT A BARREL OF OIL WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK & LOWER STOMACH

August 3, 1983 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon Seam Systems Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A LARGE SECTION OF ANGLE IRON SHIFTED ON THE LOADER FORKS TRIED TO RESTRAIN IT TWISTED LOWER BACK AND SPINE

February 11, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon Seam Systems Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING 5 GAL BARRELS OOF HYD OIL FROM GROUND TO TOP OF BPM BILL STRAINE DHIMSELF

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