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Years on record: 1983–2026
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November 15, 1989 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Ashland Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A LUMP OF COAL FROM CHUTE USING A PUNCH BAR WHEN HE STRUCK THE LUMP SMALL CHIPS OF COAL FLEW INTO R EYE SCRATCHING CORNEA A PATCH AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WERE AD MINISTERED

September 2, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Ashland Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ADJUSTING3FEEDER, HAND SLIPPED OFF WRENCH CATCHING HAND IN CHAIN AND SPROCKET.

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