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1983–2026
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August 6, 1992 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

54736YEE HAD DISMOUNTED FROM FRONTEND LOADER AND WAS WALKING TO LUNCH AREA WHEN HE ALLEGED THAT HE TURNE DHIS NAKLE ON LUMP OF COAL.

May 22, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Boyd Coal Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING ON HIS KNEES ON THE MINE FLOOR IRRITAITING HIS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING IT TO SWELL.

September 18, 1989 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

VICTIM WAS WALKING AROUND OUTSIDE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

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