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1983–2026
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April 15, 1989 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jent & Franks Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOWED BUCKET UP ON SCOOP AND GOT OFF SCOOP THEN STUCK HIS HEAD IN BETWEEN SCOOP DECK AND TOP AND LET THE BUCKET OF SCOOP BACK UP AND CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN BUCKET AND TOP AND BROKE HIS JAW AN D DAMAGED A NERVE IN HIS FACE AND HOLE IN EAR DRUM.

July 9, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Jent & Franks Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK FROM THE TAIL PIECE OF THE BELT CONVEYOR. HE HAD HIS HAND ON ONE PIECE OF ROCK AND ANOTHER PIECE CAME OFF OF THE SCOOP BUCKET AND HIT IT IS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND IT TOOK 8 STITICHES TO SWER IT UP.

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