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1983–2026
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August 15, 1991 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marine Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO TIRE OF 950 ENDLOADER TO CLOSE SIDE PANEL ON ENGINE. WHEN EMPLOYEE STARTED TO RAISE UP, HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

January 19, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marine Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE TRIED TO LIFT SOMETHING TO HEAVY FOR HIM.

March 22, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marine Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

2 EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING RIM FROM TIRE & RIM POPPED OUT & FELL ON LEFT FOOT OF EMPLOYEE HITTING HIM JUST ABOVE HARD TOE OF SHOE BREAKING BONE IN FOOT

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