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1983–2026
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February 22, 1996 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Black Rose Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A CURTAIN BOARD KNOCKING HIS HAT OFF. HE MOVED HIS LEFT LEG TO APPLY THE BRAKE. AS HE DI, HE CAUGHT HIS KNEE AGAINST THE SAME CURTAIN BOARD. HI S LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT ON THE BREAKER DISCONNECT CABLE, BREAKING HIS ANKLE.

January 16, 1996 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Black Rose Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HEAD AGAINST A CURTAIN BOARD, HURTING HIS NECK.

January 10, 1996 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator POWERED HAULAGE
Black Rose Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING THE CUTTER A SCOOP WAS NEEDED TO PUSH HIM UP A SMALL GRADE, DURING THE PUSHING THE CUTTER WAS PINNED AGAINST THE MINE ROOF PINNING THE OPERATOR, HURTING HIS LOWER BACK AND LEG S.

March 18, 1995 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Black Rose Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BELT LINE, A WHEN A BOARD CAUGHT HIS HAND & PINNED IT AGAINST THE MINE ROOF BRUISING IT.

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