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January 7, 2002 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Levisa Fork Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

VICTIM WAS STANDING ON DRILL POT ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN A CURTAIN BOARD WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED. HE THEN FELL AND HIS LEFT FOOT BECAME FOULED BEHIND POT AND INJURED HIS LEFT HEEL.

January 5, 2001 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Levisa Fork Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING OFF LADDER OF 980 C LOADER. SLIPPED, GRABBED HOLD OF LADDER RAIL AND STRAINED LEFT ARM. FIRST LOST WORKDAY WAS 1-8-01. INJURY WAS NOT OTHERWISE REPORTABLE.

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