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April 27, 1998 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

TIGHTENING LUG BOLTS ON HIS COAL TRUCK AND STRAINED LOWER ABDOMEN.

March 6, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ADJUSTING THE CABLE ON THE DRILL BOOM, WHEN THE NUT HE WAS LOOSENING CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BOOM AND ADJUSTMENT BOLT & NUT.

September 8, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

BURSTING LUMPS OF COAL AT THE HOPPER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. INJURY TO RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND. (SLIPPED AND FELL)

October 24, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO REMOVE A SECITON OF THE BELT DRIVE WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND A SECITON OF TH ESAFETY GUARD. THIS CAUSED A CUT ON THE LEFT RING F INGER.

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