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1983–2026
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December 5, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Horizon Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS HANGING CAR CABLE TO ROOF BOLT WHEN LOOSENING BOLT WITH WRENCH, WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND TWISTED BACK AND PULLED BACK APART.

July 13, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNOCKING GEAR OFF FROM SPEED REDUCER SHAFT HIT MYSELF IN KNEE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.

February 29, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE IN PROCESS OF PUMPING GREASE JACK OUT ON TRUCK OF MINER TO ADD SHIMS, AFTER HAVING IT PUMPED OUT REMOVEL GREASE GUN FOR GREASE PLUG, AT THAT TIME GREASE SHOT BCK OUT THROUGH PLUG AND HIT HIM IN THE RIHGT EYE.

August 24, 1987 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Johnson Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS SPL3CING BELT WHILE PULLING IT TOGETHER HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN CKLACLAMPS AND A ROLLER CUTTING HIS FINGER.

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