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February 10, 1996 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Utility Coals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DISLODGEA WEAR PLATE IN A COAL CRUSHER. STRUCK THE WEARPLATE, HAMMER GLANSED OFF AND HIT ANKLE.

August 2, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Utility Coals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAKING SPLICE IN A CABLE GOING TO THE FUEL TANK, USING A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT KNEE.

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