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December 7, 1989 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Lj'S Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TAIL PIECE AND LUMP OF COAL MASHING HAND.

November 18, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lj'S Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP-RAN INTO RIP OF MINE; JARRING EMPLOYEE.

January 8, 1987 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Lj'S Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

MAN WAS MAKING 8PLICE ON #2 BELT HELPER STARTED TO CROSS BELT HUNG HIS LIGHT CORD AROUND BELT START STOP SWITCH WHICH STARTED BELT MOVING CROSSI CAUSING MAN MAKING SPLICE TO PANIC HURTING HIS FINGER TRYING 7O GET OFF BELT WHILE MOVING

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