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Years on record
1983–2026
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October 21, 1989 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Samoyed Energy Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FLAT ROCK STOPPED UP HOPPER OUTSIDE STACKER BELT EMPL ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE ROCK WITH ROOF BOLT WITH OUT FIRST STOPPING BLET. SPLICE IN BELT FOULED ROOF BOLT SLAMMING IT BACK INTO EMPLS HAND.

January 29, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Samoyed Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS STEE9ING HIS BUGGY WNEN HE HURT HIS BACK

December 1, 1986 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Samoyed Energy Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MANTRIP WAS GOI3G THROUGH THE FIRST AIR LOCK DOOR WHICH WAS NOT OPEN ALL THE WASY.THE DECK PART OF THE MAN TRIP CAUGHT THE DOOR AND PULLED IT INTO THE TRIP CATCHING THE VICTIM IN THE SIDE AND THE BACK. 3

August 6, 1986 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Samoyed Energy Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME OUTSIDE 4AN WENT INSIDE TO BRING OUT I.NAME-SICK.MOTOR PULLING AND FLAT CAR OUTSIDE WHERE CAR CAME LOOSE AND WENT BACK STRIKING MANTRIP.

July 31, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Samoyed Energy Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME, TRUCK D9IVER WAS DESCENDING REFUSE PILE. HE SAID THAT HE LOST THE BRAKES ON HIS TRUCK. HE TRAVELED APPROX 50 YDS. STRIKING A DOZER THAT WAS PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HIS HEAD STR UCK THE WINDSHI9LD BREAKING THE GLASS. HIS CHEST STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL. THE ROAD WAS DRY AND THE VISABILITY WAS GOOD

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