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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 7, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
J Smith Coal Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OUT CHECKING THE WATER IN A POND AND SOMETHING HIT HIM. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

June 16, 1988 KY · Coal welder (shop) OTHER
J Smith Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OUTSIDE AND DUST GO TIN HIS EYE FROM THE WIND WAS BLOWING.

June 3, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
J Smith Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE PARKING LOT WAITING TO GO TO WORK HE SAID HE NOTICED SOMETHING IN HIS EYE HE IS NOT SURE HOW OR WHEN THE FORIEGN BODY GOT IN HIS EYE THE DR DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WH AT THE FOREIGN BODY WAS IT WAS BLACK IN COLOR SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN A PIECE OF COAL HE WORE EYE GLASSES

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