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December 13, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Big River Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPENING ENGINE COMPARTMENT DOOR AND STRUCKHIS KNEE WITH THE DOOR.

May 19, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Big River Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HIS BACK BECAME SORE 5-19-94 AFTER FINISHING SHIFT--DOCTOR STATES EMPLOYEE ISSUFFERING FROM MUSCLE FATIGUE.

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