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February 16, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bare Mining Inc · Rubbed or abraded

I,NAME CALLED FROM LONESOME PINE HOSPITAL AND SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN A DOCTOR BECAUSE HIS KNEE HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIM FOR YEARS. HE SAID THAT THE DOCTOR SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE HIS KNEE OPER ATED ON.

October 4, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bare Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER IN 38 INCH COAL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO WALK IN A SQUATTING POSITION HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS BODY WEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT KNEE THE RESULTING INJURY CONSISTED OF SORENESS AND STIFFNESS OF THE KNEE JOINT REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION.

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