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June 11, 1986 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE BACKING B2LT MACHINE OUT OF #4 ENTRY HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE DECK OF THE BOLT MACHINE. HE WAS BACKING THE BOLT MACHINE OUT TO HELP BOLT CREW.

December 11, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE BOLTING THE ROOF IN #2 ENTRY A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIS BACK.

December 3, 1984 KY · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PRIME A 2" GORMAN RUPP WATER PUMP. WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND OVER THE VALVE, THE WATER INSIDE HAD BECOME, HOT AND WAS THROUWN BACK OUT, HITTING HIS LEFT WERIST, CHEST AND ABDOMEN.

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