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November 19, 2010 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arch Coal Terminal Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee stated he had an injury, that allegedly happened on 11/19/10. We were notified at 4:20 pm in a phone conversation on 12/07/2010. Employee has been off work since 11/23/10 on a non-work related health issue, results from some of his testing while in the hospital indicated 2 fractures in his vertebra, 1 old and 1 recent? Using a sledge hammer tapping grates into place?

June 17, 2008 KY · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arch Coal Terminal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE along with two co-workers were in the process of loosening the winch cable rachet to loosen hard rigging to separate barges. EE & co-worker were pushing on rachet handle to get slack when rachet slipped striking employee. (This was reported to & filed with Dept of Labor Longshoreman because it occurred on the US waterway (river).

May 18, 2004 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arch Coal Terminal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE CRUSHER HAD BRIDGED-OVER AND EE'S WERE TRYING TO DISLODGE LUMPS OF COAL USING A SPUD BAR. ONE EE WAS USING THE BAR & DIDN'T SEE THE OTHER EE(INJURED) LOOK INTO THE CRUSHER, SUDDENLY THE COAL BROKE FREE & THE BAR STRUCK EE ON THE NOSE.

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