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May 31, 1988 KY · Coal brattice man/worker HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green River Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS BUILDING BRATTICE. HE WAS IN PROCESS OF CAPPING BRATTICE OFF AS HE WAS STRIKING COPBOARDS WITH HAMMER, HAMMER STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB FRACTURING IT.

February 29, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green River Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE CONTACTS ON THE SCOOP WERE STUCK HE SAID THAT HE GOT A CONCRETE BLOCK AND USED IT TO BEAT AGAINST THE PANEL WHEN HE DID THIS HE STRUCK HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RT HAND RESULTING IN A FRACTURE

November 17, 1987 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green River Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED REPORTE8LY WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CURTAIN AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND WITH A BELT KNIFE CUTURE SUTURES WERE ADMINISTERED

September 3, 1987 KY · Coal belt cleaner, picker HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green River Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING REMOTE LINE (BELT CONVEYOR) TO INSTALL INTO ANOTHER. WHEN THE BELT KNIFE COMPLETED THE CUT THE KNIFE STRUCK AGAINST THE EMPLOYEES FACE (UNDER RT. EYE).

June 1, 1987 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green River Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 CUTTING DOWN A PIECE OF WING CURTAIN WITH HIS BELT KNIFE.THE KNIFE SLIPPED STRIKING THE VICTIM ON HIS LEFT WRIST.4 SUTURES NEEDED.

February 28, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green River Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN INSTALLING A ROOF BOLTER ROTATION CHUCK, WHEN CHUCK UNIT WAS STRUCK WITH HAMMER, PART OF IT SHATTERED, STRIKING AND INJURING EMPLOYEE OVER LEFT EYE AND FOREHE AD.

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