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273,193
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2000–2026
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December 26, 2013 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N F C Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Prying a rock out the feeder with a metal bar and strained back.

December 11, 2012 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N F C Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Loading rail car and removing a hook from car. Hook fell on his hand.

March 23, 2006 KY · Coal coal sampler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N F C Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING @ LOADOUT USING A PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BELT ON CRUSHER. WRENCH SLIPPED PINCHING HIS PINKY FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH & A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.

July 3, 2000 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N F C Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING A TAIL ROLLER WITH CHAIN ATTACHED TO A RED DEVIL. CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK LEFT HAND - INJURING LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER.

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