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.
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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
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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