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February 13, 1998 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & A Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ROCK OFF BELT

May 21, 1997 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & A Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PULLING BELT STRUCTURE OVER THE STRUCTURE FOLDED UP AGAINST THE TOP STRIKING HIM ABOVE HIS EYE AND PINNING HIS HAND AGAINST THE TOP.

October 4, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & A Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING AND MOVING A MINER BOOM JACK HE RUPTURED HIMSELF.

June 6, 1996 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & A Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.

November 28, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & A Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING WOODEN PALLET OUT OF GRAVEL AND MUD.

August 16, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & A Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO PULL A PIECE OF ROOF BOLT STEEL OUT OF THE TOP, HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLTER AND THE TOP.

March 22, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & A Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING CABLE FOR MINER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HISBACK

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