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March 11, 2003 KY · Coal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rust Mining, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR CLOSED DRILL CAB DOOR ON LEFT HAND PINKY FINGER. PARTIALLY SEVERED AT FIRST KNUCKLE - STITCHES.

July 2, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rust Mining, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A CHEMICAL BURN ON FOREARMS RESULTING FROM THE COMBINATION OF CREOSOTE AND AMMONIUM NITRATE. AFTER GETTING CREOSITE ON ARMS, EE THEN LOADED BLAST HOLES AND DUST GOT ON ARM S. THE COMBINATION, ALONG WITH SWEAT, IRRITATED THE SKIN.

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