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1983–2026
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July 13, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dotco Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS INSTALLING 3/4 X 48 REBUR BOLTS IN 001 SECTION. WHILE BENDING BOLT TO PUSH IT UP INTO THE HOLE, HE FELT A TEARING IN HIS ABODOMEN.

September 12, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Dotco Energy Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HELPING 7HE REPAIRMAN WELD BRACKETS ON THE CUTTER BOOM OF THE 14-4CM JOY MINER HE WAS USING A GRINDER TO PREPARE THE METAL SURFACE FOR WELDING, WHEN T HE GRINDER KICKED BACK, CUTTING HI M BEHIND THE LE0T EAR.

December 5, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Dotco Energy Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE CREW WAS LOADING I-BEAM STEEL ONTO A FLAT BED TRUCK, JUDE WAS HOOKING THE CHAIN INPLACE & JOHN CASSADY WAS OPERATING THE EXCAVATOR(WHICH WAS WHAT THEY WERE USING TO LOAD THE STEEL)JUDE WAS RELOCATING THE CHAIN ON THE STEEL WHEN HE LOOKED UP AT CASSADY WHO THOUGHT THAT JUDE WAS SIGNALING HIM TO RAISE THE STEEL BEAM, JUDES FINGER WAS STILL RESTING ON THE CHAIN WHICH WHEN THE CHAI

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