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2000–2026
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May 2, 2008 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Madisonville Tire & Retread employee. Tire changer had positioned himself so he could dismount & mount both rear tires. As he was re-mounting the outside tire, he swung it around with the hydraulic hand. He pulled the wrong hydraulic lever which brought the tire in and mashed him against his own truck.

February 24, 2007 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding the bottom of a large bolt (with gloveson) and the air wrench ont he top. The bolt spun in his hand when he triggered the air wrench.

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