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December 31, 1993 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dlx Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TRAILER BOX ON COAL TRUCK HINGE PIN AND HOIST PIN WAS REMOVED. BED BOX SHIFTED AND CUT TIP OF FINGER OFF. NO BONE LOSS PER PHONE CALL.

November 28, 1993 KY · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dlx Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING ROOF BOLTS FROM MULE TO ROOF BOLTER AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK DID NOT FEEL BAD PAINS UNTIL NEXT DAY.

October 18, 1993 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dlx Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING WIRE ROPE OUT OF HANGERS WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN LOWER BACK.

September 1, 1993 KY · Coal carpenter HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dlx Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING CONCRETE FORMS, EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ACROSS A DITCH, RECEIVING FORMS FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND STANDING THEM IN A LINE DOWN A DIRT BANK. EMPLOYEE BEGAN RECEIVING SEVERE SHARP PAINS I N LOWER BACK.

September 1, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dlx Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING CRIB BLOCKS OVER TO BELT LINE TO BUILD CRIBS AND PULLED LOWER BACK.

August 21, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dlx Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING ROOF BOLT PLATES FROM SCOOP. ONE FLIPPED UP HITTING HIM ACROSS NOSE.

May 26, 1993 KY · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dlx Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HANGING 1/0 MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

May 26, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dlx Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS SHOVELING UNDER BELT DRIVE AND HAD SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SIDE OF BACK.

May 17, 1993 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dlx Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS GETTING A PIECE OF ROCK OUT OF CONVEYOR ON MINER & HURT HIS LOWER BACK. HAPPENED AT #2 ENTRY

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