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1983–2026
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December 26, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELT ROLLER ON BELT LINE WAS CAUGHT BY A SPLICE ON BELT & CUT HIS RIGHT HAND.

November 17, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS COMING BACK TO WORK FROM RUNNING AND GETTING PARTS FOR MINE. A TRACTOR TRAILER PASSED HIM AND A ROCK HIT HIS RIGHT EYE AND CUT IT. HE WENT TO DR. AND HAD IT CHECKED.

November 17, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE SCOOP AND HE [HIT] A LUMP OF COAL THE SCOOP THREW [HIM] AGAINST THE TOP STRIKING HIS LIGHT THEN THE SCOOP SLID AGAINST THE RIB CAUSING HIM TO HIS HIS HEAD AGAINST THE RIB. HE CUT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD & CUT HIS EAR. HE STAYED OVER NIGHT IN THE PIKEVILLE HOSPITAL.

August 20, 1991 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

RUNNING TRACTOR HAULING COAL TO TAILPIECE RUN OVER A LUMP OF COAL CNA JARRED HIS BACK TO CAUSE THE INJURY.

June 10, 1991 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Oakwood Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS HOOKING CAR TO TRACTOR ADN AS HE WAS BACK IN UP HIS SHILT SNAGED ON ROOF BOLT AND WAS CUAGHT BETWEEN TO AND THE TRACTOR

October 10, 1989 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Oakwood Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

COAL WAS BEING PUSHED FROM RAM CAR TAILPIECE MAN WAS ON OTHER SIDE OF TAILPIECE PULLING HAND AGAINST THE ROOF

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