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October 27, 1999 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matrix Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CARRYING A BELT SEQUENCE ROLLER TO THE FEEDER. HE LATER THAT DAY SAID HE HAD INURED HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 11-2-99.

May 11, 1999 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matrix Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UNLOADING METAL STRUCTURE, A PIECE FELL AND HIT HIS FINGER.

February 15, 1999 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matrix Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ON BOTTOM FLOOR PUTTING BELT ON PUMP WHEN PERSON ON SECOND FLOOR HIT A PVC PIPE. THIS IN TURN CAUSED PIPE TO FALL TO BOTTOM AND STRIKE EMPLOYEE ON BACK.

November 19, 1998 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matrix Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

A UTILITY MAN ON THE DAY SHIFT WAS MOVING SOME SUPPLIES OUTBY THE SECTION. WHILE LIFTING A HI-VOLTAGE SPLICE BOX, HE SAID HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT AND THEN WENT TO THE DR THE NEXT DAY.

September 21, 1998 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matrix Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE A SCOOP OPERATOR WAS LOADING ROOF BOLTING SUPPLIES ON THE BOLTHER WHEN HE PICKED UP A BUNDLE OF PLATES THAT HAD A SHARP EDGE. THIS LEFT EE WAITH A LACERATION ON HIS INDEX FINGER THAT REQUIR ED 4 STITCHES EE RETD TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY

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