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January 4, 1993 KY · Coal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Enterprise Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS COLLECTING COAL FROM BACK OF COAL TRUCK WHEN THE COAL SHIFTED UNDER HIS FOOT CAUSING HIKM TO FALL AND STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE ON METAL GRIZZLY.

February 21, 1992 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Enterprise Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS CUT WHEN HE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON TO A STORAGE AREA,WHEN HE SLIPPED.

October 25, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Enterprise Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE CLIMBING A RAILROAD CAR.

September 12, 1986 KY · Coal carpenter SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Enterprise Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HANDLING & SETT3NG CONCRETE FORMS. BRACES HOLDING GANG FORMS KNOCKED DOWN BY A FALLING FORM. THIS MAN WAS NOT HIT BY THE FALLING FORMS BUT WAS INJURED GETTING OUT OF THE WAY OF T HEM.

July 15, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Enterprise Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

TRUCK DRIVER ST9PPED INTO OPEN MANHOLE AT SCALE HOUSE INJURED RIBS AND RIGHT KNEE

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