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November 19, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Apache Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING SCOOP. THE SCOOP RAN OVER A PUMP OF COAL AND MASHED HIS KNEE AGAINST THE TOP.

February 5, 1993 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Apache Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING BESIDE A TOWING CHAIN WHILE IN MOTION AND THE CHAIN BROKE AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE FACE.

November 19, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Apache Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS RIDING A BUGGY AND THOUGHT HE WAS IN HIGH COAL AND RAISED HIS HEAD HE WAS IN LOW COAL AND THE TOP KNOCKED HIS HELEMT OFF AND CUT HIS HEAD.

November 18, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Apache Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING A MINE MOUSE AND IT STUCK ON POINT. IT WENT AGAINST THE RIB AND EMPLOYEE STUCK HIS HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL.

October 10, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Apache Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLLYEE HAD A FOREIGN OBJECT (COAL) FLY OFF A SCOOP IN WIND & HIT HIM IN THE EYE

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