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August 13, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emmanuel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON A MINER CABLE,SPRAINED HIS BACK.

April 2, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emmanuel Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

GETTING PIECE OF METAL OUT OF COAL TRUCK,WALKED INTO METAL PIPE GOING FROM ONE SIDE OF BED TO THE OTHER.

February 24, 1990 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emmanuel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE HURT HS BACK ON 022790 TO I NAME SUPT WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON BELTLINE 022490 HE WENT TO DOC 022790 & DOC DIAGNOSED THAT HE HAD STRAINED A MUSCLE

February 7, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emmanuel Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PULLING ROCK OFF MINER, CHAIN SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM ON THE KNEE.

January 25, 1990 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emmanuel Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING THINGS OUT OF TRUNK OF CAR, AND TRUCK LID FELL DOWN AND STRUCK HIS HEAD.

September 26, 1989 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emmanuel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE INTO A SCOOP BUCKET AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THEM. IT CUT THE END OF HIS FINGER.

April 19, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emmanuel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN HE HAD TO BEND A ROOF BOLT AND THAT WAS WHEN HE HURT HIS ABCK.

June 29, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emmanuel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM LIFTED A BLOCK OF COAL TWISTING HIS BACK AND PULLED A MUSCLE.

August 31, 1987 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emmanuel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

VICTIM SAID HE 3WAS DRAGGING SOME DYNAMITE OVER A BERM OF COAL & HURT HIS BACK.

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