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Years on record
1983–2026
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November 2, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Hardly Able Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL MOVING R R CAR WITH HIGHLIFT.GOT OFF LOADER TO UNLOCK CHAIN ATTACHED TO R R CAR,ANOTHER PERSON RELEASED BRAKES ON R R CAR THINKING EMPL WAS OUT OF THE WAY.EMPL WASNT OUT OF WAY CHAIN CAU GHT THUMB ON RIGHT HAND.WHEN HE JERKED HIS THUMB FREE,IT TORE SKIN FROM IT.

December 15, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Hardly Able Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS PUSHING ROCK DUMPED BY TRUCKS ALONG TOP PORTION OF ROUGH GRADED A0CSLOPES LOWER TRACK OF DOZER BROKE OVER OUTER PORTION OF SLOPE CAUSING DOZER TO ROLL OVER & DOWN ROUGH GRADED OUT SLOPE AFTER SEVERAL APPARENT ROLL OVERS OPERATOR WAS THROWN CLEAR OF DOZER DURING ROLL-OVER OR WHEN THROWN CLEAR OPERATOR SUFFERED MASSIVE LACERATIONS & LESIONS TO FOREHEAD

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