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January 21, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WA SPICKING UP A ROCK THAT HE HAD JUST REMOVED FROM THE RAW COAL SHUT WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND HIT ON TOP OF HIS STEEL TOE BOOTS.

January 6, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER TO FINE COAL CHUTE WHEN HE HIT THE TOP OF HIS HARD HAT ON THE BACK REST GUARD PUTTING PRESSURE ON HIS NECK.

August 15, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL A 55 GALLON DRUM OF STONE HARDENED BY HIMSELF AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO DRUMS CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AND AFTER SHIF T ENDED, WENT TO DOCTOR. THE WOUND WAS STITCHED UP WITH SIX STITCHES.

April 4, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING A 200 FEET LONG WATER HOSE UP A SMALL INCLINE TO CLEAN A DRAW OFF TUNNEL WHEN HE EITHER PULLED OR TORE A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

March 27, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REPAIRS IN THE PREP PLANT WHEN A STEEL PIPE WHICH THEY WERE SLIDING INTO PLACE PRESSED AGAINST HIS FINGER MASHING IT AGAINST A STEEL WALL CAUSING THE FINGER TO BE FRA CTURED.

October 3, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A H. M. CYCLONE PUMP, WHICH APPARENTLY CAUSED A STRAIN ON HIS BACK, WHICH BECAME WORSE OVER TIME.

March 2, 1993 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REACHED OVER HEAD TO PULL DOWN A VALVE TO CLOSE OFF THIS VALVE IS EASY TO TURN OFF OR ON BUT DOES REQUIRE REACHING OVERHEAD.,

February 9, 1993 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS REFILLING A SMALL BIN, INSIDE THE WASHER PLANT, WITH PERCOL 368, A CHEMICAL DESIGNED TO MAKE THE MUD IN THE WATER STICK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK SO THE MUD CAN BE REMOVED. AS HE WAS REFILLING THIS BIN FROM A 50 POUND BAG A SMALL AMOUNT OF DUST FROM THE BAG BLEW UP FAN THE BIN INTO HIS EYES.

October 22, 1992 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLOSING REFUSAL DOOR, A ROCK BOUNCED OFF HIT HIS NOSE.

October 12, 1992 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE THREW LEVER OF HOPPER TO CHANGE PLOW OF COAL THROUGH PREPARATION PLANT AFTER WHICH EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED TO BACK PAIN.EMPLOYEE WAS THEN TAKEN TO ARH WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A SHOT AND X-RAYS

August 12, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

55061S PULLING ELECTRICAL CABLE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WORKED REST OF DA4 WENT TO E.R. IN EVENING MUSCLE STRAIN LOWER BACK.

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