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August 20, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramblin Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ROCK WAS ON BELT AND EE WAS GOINT ROCK OFF BOLT WHEN HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.

January 23, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramblin Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING MAKE A BELT MOVE WHEN HE WAS INJURED. HE WAS LIFTING THE BELT TO PUT INA PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED.

June 18, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramblin Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM'S OCCUPATION IS WORKING THE BELT DRIVE. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK OFF OF BELT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

April 14, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramblin Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP UP HOLES IN A BRATTICE WITH PIECES OF BLOCK AND GETTING IT READY TO PLASTER WHEN HE PULLED A BLOCK OUT OF THE STOPPING ALLOWING THE BLOCK ABOVE THE ONE THAT H E PULLED OUT TO FALL ON HIS HAND.

November 9, 1990 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramblin Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EVENING SHIFT MINE FOREMAN EE WAS GETTING BOX OF RESIN FROM STORAGE PLATE TO BRING TO PINNER. HE APPARENTLY LIFTED THE BOX OF RESIN IMPROPERLY STRINING HIS BACK.

October 2, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramblin Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS LOADING ROCK DUST ON 3 WHEEL BUGGY WHEN BUGGY CAUGHT LEFT LEG INJURED LEFT KNEE

October 24, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramblin Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS 3N THE PROCESS OF LOADING BRATTICE BLOCKING A SCOOP FOR TRANSPORTATION UNDERGROUND. WHEN A BLOCK TUMBLED OFF THE PALLET OF BLOCK MASHING INDIVIDUALS HAND BETWEEN TWO BLOCKS CRUS HING THE MIDDLE3FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND.

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