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November 17, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Mill Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REPAIR ON ATRS FOR ROOF BOLTER OUTSIDE OF MINES. WHEN HE WENT TO LIFT THE ATRS. UPRIGHT THE JACK CAME DOWN AND HIT EMPLOYEES NIGHT HAND BREAKING THE TIP END OF HIS MIDDL E FINGER AND BRUISING THE RING FINGER NEXT TO IT. ALSO AFTER THE FINGERS WERE INJURED THE EMPLOYEE PASSED OUT HITTING RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD ON A BAORD.

September 8, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mill Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRAIGHTEN A ROOF BOLT-FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.

August 14, 1992 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Mill Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

74339NG ROOF BELT UP BOLT SLIPPED CAUGHT LEFT HAND IN BETWEEN PLATE ON BOLT & PINNER DAMAGED LEFT INDEX FINGER & BROKE A BONE IN HIS HAND

July 2, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Mill Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BACKING DRILL OUT-GOING AROUND CORNER CAUGHT LEFT FOOT BETWEEN DRILL AND RIB CAGE.

December 16, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mill Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUN PIECE BOLTER STILL UP AGAINST HIS HAND IN BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STEEL.

May 10, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tackett Branch Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS STARTING TO DRILL A HOLE AND JUST AS THE STEM WENT IN, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND AND MASHED HIS THUMB.

February 5, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tackett Branch Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING ROOF BOLTER. THE BOLTER STEEL WAS IN HOLE. THE BOLTER HEAD CAME UP AND MASHED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER. HE HAD TO HAVE 4 OR 5 STITCHES IN FINGER.

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