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April 11, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WAS BACKING LOADED ROCK TRUCK UP RAMP TO DUMP BACKED REAR WHEEL OVER TO SIDE OFF ROADWAY TRUCK DROPPED DOWN & FLIPPED OVER THROWING HIMM OUT THE DOOR TO THE GROUND INJURIES INCLUDED SMALL CUT TO FOREHEAD & BRUISES NO BROKEN BONES

July 27, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS WORKING AT HIGHWALL, HAD LOADER BUCKET RAISED AND FILLED WHEN HIGHWALL BROKE LOOSE AND OVERFILLED BUCKET CAUSING ROCKS AND DIRT TO COME INSIDE LOADER ON HIM.

August 15, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

AS A PASSENGER OF PICKUP T RUCK ON MISSION TO GET A GREASE TRUCK TRAVELING ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY THE TRUCK WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY AN OUT OF CONTROL OTHER CAR CAUSING I NAME TO BE FLUNG FORWARD INTO THE DASHBOARD & WINDSHIELD LEFT HAND & ARM SEVERLY BRUISED GLASS IN FOREHEAD CUT L EYEBROW NUMBEROUS ABRASIONS BRUISES & LEFT LEG CUT

August 15, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS THE DRIVER OF HIS PERSONAL PICK-UP TRUCK ON MISSION TO GET A GREASE TRUCK FOR THE COMPANY WHEN HIS TRUCK WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY AN OUT OF CONTROL OTHER CAR, CAUSING HIM TO BE FLUNG FORWA RD INTO DASH. ALTHOUGH WEARING SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER STRAP, HE SUSTAINED A BROKE BREAST BONE AND RIGHT KNEE BROKE.

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