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July 23, 1991 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by powered moving object

RUNNING CUTTER TRAMMING CUTTER OUT OF HEADING 741 TO 8 CRAWLING BESIDE CUT CUTTER ROLLED OVER HIS R FOOT

April 16, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRAMING THE PINNER ACROSS THE SDECTION IN #7 CROSSCUT LONG-AIRDOX PINNER RUN OVER A LUMP OF COAL PUTTING THE DECK OF IT INTO THE TOP PUSHING I NAME HAT DOWN OVER HIS RT EAR & CUTTING IN TO THE TOP IN ON THE TOP OF HIS EAR

October 2, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by falling object

SETTING LAST ROW OF PINS. PIECE OF ROCK FELL BEHIND LAST ROW OF PINS.

May 4, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK.

August 24, 1989 KY · Coal chute blaster, rockman, hang-up man, raise blaster MACHINERY
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS ON OFFSIDE OF BOLT OPERATOR PULL PINNEN UP NOT KNOWING WHEELER WAS IN THE WAY TIRE OR WHEEL ROLL OVER RIGHT FOOT.

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