Kentucky Criterion Coal Company · Struck by flying object
WAS PULLING WIRE AND SOMETHING GOT INTO LEFT EYE.
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Kentucky Criterion Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
25549NG OVER TYING REBAR MATS AND LIFTING THEM INTO PLACE ONCE THEY WERE TIED.
June 18, 1992
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Criterion Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS TIEING CHOKER ON STEEL THAT WAS BEING UNLOADED OFF A TRUCK. STEEL WAS BEING HOISTED OFF TRUCK BY A CRANE. THE LIFTING AND STRAINING TO TIE CHOKERS ON STEEL, CAUSED HIKM TO HAVE HEMORR HOID PROBLEMS.
December 12, 1990
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Criterion Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DISCONNECTING THE HOOK OF A 1/2" DIAMETER WIRE ROPE WINCH CABLE ON A CATERPILLAR D6D DOZE BEING USED AND PULL BRUSH IN A LAND CLEARING OPERATION. DUE TO A TWIST ED CONDITION OF THE WIRE ROPE, AS THE EMPLOYEE DISCONNECTED THE CABLE HOOK IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS, STRIKING HIM INT EH MOUTH AND DISLOCATING LEFT INCISOR.
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