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1983–2026
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June 10, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Frasure Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL GRINDING BITS. DIDNT HAVE GOGGLES ON AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE.

April 28, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Frasure Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE OPERATING A CUTTING MACHINE.

February 13, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Frasure Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN THE DRILL STEEL HUNG IN THE ROOF. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO UNHANG THE STEEL BY USING THE ROOF BOLTER AND HIS LEFT HAND. HE ACCIDENTLY MAS HED THE WRONG LEVER AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD OF THE BOLTER AND THE A.T.R.S.

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