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May 14, 1985 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Mary Helen Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK BEARING WITH HAMMER CAUSING A SMALL PIECE OF METAL TO CHIP OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE RT EYE

February 25, 1984 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Mary Helen Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING IN T HE REMOVAL OF A GEAR FROM THE CRUSHER IN PREP PLANT. ANOTHER EE WAS TAPPING THE GEAR WITH HAMMER CAUSING A SMALL PIECE OF METAL TO CHIP OF STRIKING EE IN THE LEFT HAND.

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