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Years on record
1983–2026
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January 18, 1999 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Mc Coy Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON BUCKET OF 992D LOADER WHEN HOT FOREIGN OBJECT WENT INTO HIS LEFT EAR.

September 25, 1998 KY · Coal MACHINERY
Mc Coy Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WORKER PARTIALLY CUT TREE THAT WAS LEANING BACK UP HILL. HE MOVED 50 FT AND RESUMED CUTTING. THELEANING TREE FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE SHOULDER

October 3, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mc Coy Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING & DISKING WITH D8K DOZER DOING RECLAIMING WORK WHEN DOZER TRACK RAN OVER LARGE SANDROCK & JARRED OPERATOR

January 18, 1994 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Mc Coy Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS OPERATING 14G GRADER TO CLEAR ICE AND SNOW FROM HIGHWAY. GRADER STARTED SLIDING OVER HILL. EE JUMPED FROM GRADER. HIS LEFT HEEL WAS BROKEN.

January 28, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Walnut Branch Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RO2FBOLTING WHEN HE PINNED RIGHT ARM AGAINST RIB CAUSING FRACTURE OF RIGHT WRIST.

June 20, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Mc Coy Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REPAIRING INLOADER AND LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN FAN BLADE THE FIRST JOINTS OF 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS ON LEFT HAND WERE AMPUTATED

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