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March 29, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Terry Glenn Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NARROW BELT AND A WORN OUT TAIL PIECE CAUSED COAL TO SPILL AROUND THE TAILPIECE . CLEANING WHILE BELT WAS MOVING. NOT WEARING GLOVES.

February 3, 1986 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Terry Glenn Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS OPER5TING A SCOOP WHILE SETTING A BELTHEAD,HE WAS PUSHING THE BELT HEAD WITH THE DECK END OF THE SCOOP.THIS IS AGAINST COMPANY POLICY.I MANE SAID HE FORGET WHICH WAY HE HAD HIS DIRC DIRECTION SWITC2 TURNED AND I NAME DECK INTO THE BELT HEAD THROWING HIS SHOULDER INTO THE TOP AND A DISLOCATION OCCURRED.

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