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March 17, 1995 KY · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W H Bowlin Coal Company · Fall from machine

HE JUMPED DOWN FROM THE DRILL. HE THOUGHT HE HAD SPRAINED HIS FOOT. IT WAS HURTING THAT NIGHT, 3/17/95. WHEN HE GOT UP SATURDAY 3/18/95, HE COULDN'T WALK ON IT, BUT HE DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL SUNDAY 3/19/95. HE CHIPPED A BONE IN THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

October 5, 1993 KY · Coal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W H Bowlin Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE SAID HE WAS GETTING INTO POWDER TRAILER TO LOALD BAGS OF POWDER & HIS FEET SLIPPED HE FELL HITTING HIS BACK ON SIDE OF TRAILER HE STATED HIS BACK HURT A LITTLE WHILE BUT HE DID NOT REPORT I T UNTIL APPROX 3 WKS LATER ON 10-05-93 HE HAS WORKED FULL TIME UNTIL HE REPORTED TO WORK ON MON 10-04-93 WITH A SLIP FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM DATED 10-03-93 STATING HE NEEDED TO GO TO A NEUROS

July 16, 1991 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
W H Bowlin Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

RAN TRUCK THROUGH DITCH WITH LOADER PAIN IN HIS NECK AND SHOULDERS WERE THROBBING

October 6, 1988 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
W H Bowlin Coal Company · Struck by flying object

HE WA> USING A DISK GRINDER TO GRIND A BAR ON A CAT DOZER WHEN FRAGMENTS OF STEEL WENT UP UNDER HELMET A SMALL FRAGMENT LODGED IN R. EYE.

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