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October 18, 1993 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aceco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRYING TO LIFT A BELT ROLLER GUIDE INTO PLACE WHEN IT SLIPPED & PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE ROLLER & FLOOR THIS RESULTED IN A FX OF HIS RING FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND

September 17, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aceco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE ALLEGES THAT WHILE CARRYING A CONVEYOR GUIDE ROLLER ON HIS SHOULDER THAT HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER.

January 4, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aceco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME RETURNED3TO WORK ON 010588 WITH A SLIP FROM HIS DOC.STATING THAT I.NAME MUSTG BE OFF WORK DUE TO A GROIN MSUCLE STRAIN I.NAME STATED THAT THE MUSCLE STRAIN WAS DUE TO HIS SHOVELING SPIL I.NAME RETURNED3TO WORK ON 010588 WITH A SLIP FROM DOC.STATING THAT I.NAME MUST BE OFF WORK DUE TO A GROIN MUSCLE STRAIN I.NAME STATED THAT MUSCLE STRAIN WAS DUE TO HIS SHOVELING SPILLED COAL

June 19, 1987 KY · Coal safety director HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aceco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO VULCANIZE A BELT, EMPLOYEE PICKED UP TWO 8 FOOT 4 X 4'S.

April 7, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aceco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WORKING3IN AN AREA THAT WAS BEING CLEARED OF ALL CONCRETE FORMS, ETC. A PIECE OF LUMBE 4 X 4 STRIKING HIM IN THE FOREHEAD CAUSING A LACERATION THAT TOOK 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE

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