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April 7, 1992 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Roberts Brothers Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CONTINUOUS MINER WITH A HAMMER,BREAKING A CHAIN FOR REPAIR.WHILE HITTING THE CHAIN WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND INTO HIS RIGHT THIRD FINGER.THE EMP LOYEE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND HAD THE METAL EXTRACTED AND SUTURED.

October 10, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Prosperity Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING ON BELT, IT HIT UP HIT IN MOUTH CHIPPING TOOTH

April 7, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Deer Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING MOTOR ON MINER RACHET SLIPPED OF BOLT AND STRUCK KNEE.

February 16, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Prosperity Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BUILDING A TEMPORY STOPPING IN #5 ENTRY. HIT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A HAMMER.

February 9, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Prosperity Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME USING WRENCH.IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIT HEAD AGAINST TOP.

December 19, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Prosperity Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING BELT-CONVEYOR-WHEN HE CUT RIGHT LEG WITH RAZOR BLADE.

August 31, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Prosperity Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS GREASING ON CONVEYOR BELT DRIVE OUTSIDE HE TOLD ME THAT THE GREASE GUN HE WAS USING QUIT WORKING & HE SLUNG IT HITTING HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND ON SOME PART OF THE CONVEY OR DRIVE, CONTRIBUTING TO BREAKING HIS FINGER.

June 13, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Prosperity Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BEARING RAIL FROM A HUB WHEN HE MISSED THE PUNCH AND HIT HIS THUMB WITH A HAMMER, RSULTING IN A DEEP SPLIT IN HIS THUMB.

April 27, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Prosperity Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS WORKING ON APINNING MACHINE WHEN AWRENCH SLIPPED OUT OF HIS AHND AND HIT HIS ELBOW.

April 30, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Elk River Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS CUTT3NG BELT IN PREPARATION FOR A SPLICE WHEN HIS UTILITY KNIFE BLADE CAME OUT OF HIS KNIFE HANDLE AND CUT HIS FINGER HE WAS TAKEN HOME AND LATER TO THE MEDICAL CENTER FOR STITCHES.

January 31, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Elk River Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS SPLI7ING A PUMP LINE IN THE #5 ENTRY. AT THIS TIME THE UTILITY KNIFE HE WAS USING, SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND LACERATED THE MIDDLE A

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