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1983–2026
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November 5, 1999 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

TRYING TO PRY ROCK FREE IN A COAL CHUTE BAR SLIPPED & HIS HRIGHT HAND STRUCK THE COAL CHUTE CUTTING ONE FINGER

November 4, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS DRIVING A GROUND ROD INTO THE GROUND WITH A 16 LB. SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RT HAND.

September 5, 1993 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING EE IN CONNECTING A WASHER CHAIN BY DRIVING A PIN INTO THE CHAIN EE WAS LOADING THE CHAIN WHILE EE WAS HITTING THE CONNECTING PIN A SMALL CHIP FROM THE PIN EE WAS HAMMERING STR UCK EE IN THE LEFT EYE

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