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1983–2026
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September 26, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Sweatbee Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPERATOR EE CRAWLED TO THE SCOOP HE HAD BEEN OPERATING TO MOVE IT FOR ANOTHER SCOOP TO PASS HIM. HE POSITIONED HIMSELF IN THE PINCH POINT OF THE SCOOP TURN TO THE RIGHT PINNING HIS LEG B ETWEEN THE REAR HALF AND FRONT HALF OF THE SCOOP

January 21, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Flatwoods Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS OPERATING S&S SCOOP AND WAS GOING UNDER POWER CABLE WHEN HE HIT HIS LEIGHT AND SAID HE HURT HIS HEAD.

October 25, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Flatwoods Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

VICTIM SAID HE WAS TRAVELING UNDER A TRAILING CABLE AND CAUGHT HIS KNEE PAD AND IT PULLED HIM FROM THE PERSONAL CARRIER DAMAGEING HIS RIGHT FOOT.

July 28, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Flatwoods Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

RIGHT FRONT TIRE ON END LOADER BLEW OUT CAUSING LOADER TO OVER TURN THROWING OPERATOR FROM LOADER.

June 23, 1984 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Ace Colliery Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRAVELING TO OUTSIDE ON MANSTRIP.GOT WEDGED BETWEEN INSPECTOR\S FRIEND & ROOF OFTO MINE.

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