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Years on record: 1983–2026
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October 29, 1996 KY · Coal driller operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

C & L Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STARTED TO STEP IN SCOOP BUCKET AND HE SLIPPED AND CRILLED AROUND AND TWISTED HIS BACK. TOLDTHE OWNER.

October 12, 1994 KY · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

C & L Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CABLE STANDING ON A BLOCK. WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE BLOCK HE TURNED HIS ANKLE.

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