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September 26, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING TREES AND HE REFUSED TO CLEAR THE TWO PATHS AROUND THE TREE HE WAS CUTTING. WHEN HE CUT THE TREE IT LANDED ON THE OTHER TREE THAT HE WAS TOLD TO MOVE AND THAT CAUSED ANOTHER TR EE THAT HE DIDN'T MOVE TO HIT HIM. THIS KNOCKEDHIM ABOUT 5 FT. HE WAS ALERT WHEN WITNESS GOT TO HIM AND HE WAS COMPLAINING WITH HIS LEGS AND KNEES.

August 19, 2002 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MECHANIC & OPERATOR OF THE DOZER WAS CHANGING A HOSE. WHEN THEY LOOSENED THE BOLTS, OIL SPRAYED INTO THE OPERATORS EYE.

July 29, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

BURNT EYES WELDING.

August 14, 2001 KY · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DRILLING WITH HIGH WALL DRILL WHEN AIR HOSE BLOWED INTO ONE PART OF HOSE CAME THROUGH WINDOW STRIKING HIM.

July 21, 2000 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TREE WAS LODGED IN A BIND UNDER BACK HOE WHEN EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE PART OF THE TREE IT RELEASED AND PULLED HIS HAND INTO THE BACK HOE CAUSING INJURY TO FINGER.

February 23, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS CUTTING TRACK PIN FROM TRACKOF A DOZER. HAD TO LAY DOWN TO CUT PIN. A PIECE OF HOT SLAG METAL BLEW FROM PIN AND WENT INTO LEFT EAR. EMPLOYEEDIDN'T THINK HE WAS HURT AND DIDN'T REPORT THIS TO FOREMAN UNTIL 3-7-00 WHEN EAR BECAME INFECTEDHE GOT A PRESCRIPTION FOR INFECTION.

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