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October 12, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE EXITED HIS TRUCK & APPREACHED THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER TRUCK TO SPEAK TO THE DRIVER HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE SIDE STEP OF THE TRUCK & PLACED HIS HAND ON THE BED FRAME TO PULL HIMSELF UP TO DRIVING SIDE WINDOW WHEN HE PULLED HIMSELF UP TOTOP OF HI-HEAD STUCK THE BOTTOM OF THE MIRROW FRAME

November 7, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT PICKING TABLE WHEN COAL DUST APPRENTLY ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.

April 3, 1989 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPAIRING RAILROAD SWITCH LIFTING PLATE WHEN HE SLIPPED CATCHING FINGER RT THE FIRST JOINT

March 15, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

NAM WAS RE INSERTING WINDOW IN DOOR BETWEEN PARTS TRAILER AND SHOP, HAND SLIPPED AND WENT THROUGH GLASS WINDOW..

March 1, 1986 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING 8OZER TRACKS FOOT GOT STUCK IN MUD. WHEN HE TURNED UPPE LEG THIGH AREA TWISTED STRAINING MUSCLES.

January 28, 1986 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING AND CAR9YING CRUSHER HAMMER.

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