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1983–2026
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November 9, 1992 KY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TORQUING ROD BEARING CAPS ON A D348 ENGINE THE SOCKET AND TORQUE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND PINNED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE ENGINE FRAME, MASHING FINGER AND ALMOST C UTTING OFF TIP OF FINGER.

April 17, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING PIN IN D9 DOZER WITH HAMMER WHEN PIECE OF METAL ENTERED INTO LEG. EMPL DID NOT MISS & WORK & DID NOT SEE DR TILL TALER PART OF MAY & WE RECEIVED DRS REPORT OF REMOVING SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM LEG. NO LOST TIME.

April 7, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON D10 DOZER INSTAALING PIN IN EQUALIZER BAR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.HAMMER MISSED PIN AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THIGH.

July 15, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LIFTING A330" DRAIN PIPE WITH A CHAIN HOOK IN BOTH ENDS, ONE HOOK BROKE AND STRUCK I,NAME IN THE LOWER STOMACH AREA, CAUSING A SLIGHT BRUISE, AND LATER A HERNIA.

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