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1983–2026
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March 15, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Double Eagle Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMING THE ROOFBOLT MACHINE FORWARD A ROOFBOLT PLATE VIBRATED INTO THE BACK CONTROLS OF THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE CAUSING THE MACHIVNE TO SWERVE PNNING EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE HAD LUNG ABDOMEN HEART AND ARM INJURIES.

March 15, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Double Eagle Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING THE ROOFBOLT MACHINE FORWARD. A ROOFBOLT PLATE VIBRATED INTO THE BACK CONTROLS OF THE ROOFBOLT MACHINE, CAUSING THE MACHINE TO SWERVE, PINNING THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM AGAINST THE MINE RIB.

October 17, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Double Eagle Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING COAL WHEN THE DRILL STUCK, WHILE GETTING IN POSITION TO PULL ON IT, THE DRILL CAME ON, TURNED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN EAR.

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