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September 14, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pegs Branch Energy Mining Co. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKIGN DOWN THE BELTLINE ENTRY. HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL. EE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO A SMALL BON EIN HIS LEFT FOOT.

August 28, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pegs Branch Energy Mining Co. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE PERFORMING NORMAL WORK DUTIES, EE SLIPPED AND FELL. EE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO THE 11TH AND 12TH THORACIC VERTEBRAE.

April 27, 2000 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pegs Branch Energy Mining Co. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS APPROACHING THE MANTRIP WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON A CRIB BLOCK. THE CRIB BLOCK CREELED GENERATING A TWISTING MOTION THE HIS LEFT ANKLE.

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