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November 10, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLIMBING LADDER TO GET INTO ROCK TRUCK HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK.

September 12, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE HE WAS INSTALLING A DOZER TRACK PAD ON D8N DOZER, HE DROPPED THE PAD ON HIS FOOT. PAD WEIGHS APPROX. 40 LBS AND PAD FELL AN APPROX. DISTANCE OF 3 FT.

May 21, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMBING UP LADDER ON 777 ROCK TRUCK FELT SOMETHING POP IN BACK. DID NOT KNOW HE WAS HURT. DUE TO ARTHRITIS & STILL IS UNSURE OF INJ AT THIS DATE.

August 7, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

CHECKING ALTERNATOR ON 120 TON ROCK TRUCK GOT LITTLE FINGER IN ALT.FINS CUT AND BRUISED FINGER.

July 13, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKING ON 922 LOADER REPLACING DRIVE SHAFT LIFTED DRIVESHAFT AND HURT HIS BACK.

August 25, 1988 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING AN OXYGEN TANK ON A SERVICE TRUCK AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK - LEFT SIDE.

August 2, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNLOADING A OIL COOLER FROM THE BED OF A PICK-UP TRUCK. ONE OF THE MEN HELPING TO UNLOAD THE COOLER LET GO OF IT TOO QUICKLY, CAUSING IT TO FALL ON HIS FINGERS.

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