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February 18, 1997 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEAMING OFF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT USING A HIGH PRESSURE WASHER. A PIECE OF THE PAIN OR METAL CAME OFF GOIG UP UNDER THE SAFETY GLASSES IN LEFT EYE.

August 3, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

GRINDING SHEET METAL.

August 9, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS OPERATING HIS DOZER WHEN IT GOT TO SLIDING THEN IT SLIPPED ON A ROCK THE WEIGHT OF THE MACHINE SHIFTED TURNING DOZER ON ITS SIDE

January 15, 1987 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME TAKING H3S FOOT AND PUSHING AT DRILL STEEL WHEN FOOT SLIPPED.

June 28, 1986 KY · Coal auger helper MACHINERY
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS FUEL3NG THE AUGER MACHINE AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. AND THE OPERATOR LOWERED THE MACHINE TO SET MARKS. I NAME HAD HIS RIGHT FOOT UNDER THE AUGER MACHINE WHEN IT3WAS LOWERED. PINNING HIS FOOT UNDER THE MACHINE. THE FIRST AND THRD TOES ON HIS RIGHT FOOT WERE SMASHED. AND THE SECOND TOE WAS AMPUTATED HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS BRUISED AND LACERAT

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