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September 30, 1992 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Cave Branch Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING HIS LOADER WHEN A ROCK FELL AND BROKE THE LOADER WINDOW AND DUST OR GLASS WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

May 4, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Cave Branch Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP A HAULER ON A DUMP. ROCK KICKED OUT FROM UNDER REAR TIRE OF HAULER CAUSING HAULER TO TURN OVER ON SIDE. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN TO FLOOR OF HAULER.

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