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November 21, 2019 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
The Muhlenberg County Coal Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated EE was holding the steel and pushing it up with the pot when the steel bent striking EE's left index finger knuckle. EE had removed EE's hand from the steel after the pot came in contact with the steel.

September 10, 2019 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
The Muhlenberg County Coal Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a hand grinder cutting a metal band and grinder slipped off of the metal band and hit EE's left hand between the thumb and index finger requiring 3 sutures.

July 25, 2019 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
The Muhlenberg County Coal Company, LLC · Struck by powered moving object

Employee stated EE was rock dusting the belt on the 2nd West when the hose EE was holding became caught and jerked EE off the trailer. When EE was pulled off the trailer by the tightening of the hose, EE's right foot went under the trailer and the wheel hit EE's lower leg just below EE's knee.

May 14, 2019 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
The Muhlenberg County Coal Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee stated EE's foot wrench slide out from under EE's tray and when EE reached to push it back in while lowering EE's boom, the boom pushed the wrench down on one end and up on the other catching EE's middle left finger on the tip against the bottom of EE's tray.

March 7, 2018 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
The Muhlenberg County Coal Company, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Roof Bolter Operator, installing fully-grouted resin roof bolt, straightened bolt, felt "pop" in right shoulder.

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