EMPLOYEES (3) WERE INSTALLING WIRE ROPE ON LOAD OUT HOIST. HAD ROPE HOOKED TO LOADER, PUTTING HOOK AND CLAMPS ON ROPE. EMP HIT ROPE WITH HAMMER TO TAKE OUT TENSION AND ROPE SLIPPED OUT OF CLAM P AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK PART OF UPPER ARM.
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January 20, 1996
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
February 21, 1994
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS CLEANING PAN UNDER RAW COAL SCREEN WITH ABOUT A 6' WOODEN HAS HANDLES. AS HE WAS COMING BACK WITH HIS INJURED THUMB ON RIGHT HAND.
March 1, 1990
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
LIFTING CHUTE IN PLACE WITH COM AL ONG STRUCK HEAD AGAINST STEEL ANGLE LACERATING L EYEBROW
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