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April 27, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PUT FEEDER ON BREAKER & STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE BENT DOWN.

October 26, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS WORKING ON MINER AND HE DROPPED THE RIBRAIL WHICH THEN HIT HIS LEFT TOE.

November 1, 1991 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WITH THE OTHER ROOF BOLTER. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS INJURY WAS CAUSED BY THE SECOND EMPLOYEE STRIKING OR HITTING HIM WITH A PINNER. THE SECOND EMPLOY EE DENIES ANY ALLEGATION OF HITTING THE FIRST EMPLOYEE. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE FIRST EMPLOYEE FELL.

October 23, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

August 25, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS MOVING A PIECE OF ROCK OUT OF ROADWAY WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.

July 26, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT SCRAPER AND HEAD ROLLER ON #2 BELT HEAD WHILE INSTALLING NEW RUMBBER ON BELT SCRAPER.

June 29, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A PIECE OF METAL WHEN A SMALL PIECE GOT IN HIS LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE LOST NO WORK TIME.

April 24, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS EXTENDING WATER COUPLING AND LINE CAME APART HITTING HIM IN HAND.

August 14, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON EQUIPMENT HAVING BACK PAIN.

July 25, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF ROCK DUST WHEN HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK.

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