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June 1, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ka Dee Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ROCKDUSTING AT THE FENCE LOCATED AROUND THE BELTHEAD AND GOT HIS LEFT ARM CAUGHT IN THE WIRE IN THE FENCE THAT GOT CAUGHT IN THE BELTHEAD CUTTING HIS LEFT EAR AND C RUSHING HIS LEFT ARM

January 25, 1988 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Ka Dee Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS SHOVELING THE BELT LINE AND GOT HIS SHOVEL CAUGHT IN THE BELT, CATCHING HIS LEFT ARM AND LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE BELT AND BOTTOM ROLLER. BREAKING 2 FINGERS ON HIS LEF T HAND. 3

April 22, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Ka Dee Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I,NAME WAS DRIV3NG THE 74 TRACTOR WITH AN EMPTY CAR, LEAVING THE DUMPING POINT AND PULLING THE EJECTOR BACK ON THE CAR ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE MINER OR LOADING POINT, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A VERY LOW POI3T IN THE TOP, DRIVING HIS HEAD DOWN ON HIS NECK.

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