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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 20, 1989 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Four B & C Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE. AFTER SPLICE WAS MADE AN EMPLOYEE THAT ASSISTED HIM, PICKED UP A HAMMER TO TIGHTEN A BRAD. I.NAME LEFT RING FINGER WAS IN THE WAY OF THE HAMMER THAT STRUCK H IM.

April 29, 1988 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Four B & C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE INSTALLING A COAL CARRYING BELT I.NAME WAS PULLING THE BELT WITH A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCK PLIERS HE AT THIS TIME EXPERIENCED A TWINGE IN HIS BAKC WHICH LATER DEVELOPED INTO A SEVERE PAIN

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