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May 23, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAKING SPLICE ON BELT SPLICE MADED LETTING COME A LONG OFF AND IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB.

April 20, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

WAS BOLTING TOP . SET BOLTER OVER FOR NEXT BOLT AND SLEW IT ON HIS KNEE.

October 6, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS PICKING ROCK OFF BELT & HIT HIS ARM ON BELT ROLLER

September 27, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

RIDING MANTRIP OUT SIDE AND HIT ARM AGAINST TOP.

June 22, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN BOLT AND TOP MASHED LEFT FORE FINGER

June 10, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

PUTTING NEW BAR AND CHAIN O CUTTER. DRIVING PIN IN CHAIN STEEL FLEW OFF PIN AND WENT INTO HAND.

March 1, 1993 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RUNNING CUTTER AND CUTTER CUTTING SLID OVER PIN THE MAN.

August 21, 1992 KY · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

85061S DRIVING A 2-MAN PERSONNEL CARRIER ACROSS THE SECTION TO PICK UP SOME CLAY DUMMIES. HE SAID HE RAN OVER SOMETHING CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.

August 12, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

39144ING SCOOP.RAN OVER SOMETHING CAUSING SCOOP TO ROOF OUT. BUMPED HEAD AGAINST ROOF.

May 4, 1992 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WE DO NOT KNOW. NEVER REPORTED IT. OFF 5-5-92 AND REST OF WEEK. CALLED 5-10-92 AND TOLD FOREMAN HE STRAINED BACK GETTING OFF OF DRILL.

March 14, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS REACHING FOR A HAMMER, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK.

February 25, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A BATTERY LID WHEN BACK STARTED HURTING.

January 17, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING ON A PIECE OF BELT WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

August 31, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WE DO NOT KNOW MAN WAS HURT HE WORKED HIS SHIFT CAME OUT SIDE BROUGHT HIS SCOOP PUT FOREMAN AND WAS STANDING THERE HE NEVER TOLD US NOTHING WHAT WAS WRONG AND HAD BUDDY CALLED 9-2-91. SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.

July 24, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE WENT TO HIT BRAKE RAISED KNEE UP PAST TOP OF SCOOP HITTING IT AGAINST ROOF.

July 19, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS HAULIN COAL FROM THE FACE. THE SCOOP BUMPED THE TOP, CAUSING A PIECE OF SCALE ROCK TO BREAK LOOSE.

July 12, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DONT KNOW WAS NOT REPORTED TO FOREMAN I WAS CALLED FROM MEDOWELL HOSPTIAL ABOUT 900 AM ON 7-15-91 FOR INSURANCE CARRIED.

July 11, 1991 KY · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M & Mb Coal Company · Fall down stairs

HE WAS GOING DOWN A SET OF STEPS WHEN HIS HEEL CAUGHT ON THE STEP.HE FELL DOWN THE STEPS,LANDING O HIS HAND WITH HIS THUMB BENT BACKWARD.

July 10, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M & Mb Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS USING A PIECE OF PIPE TO LIFT UP TWO LATERS OF BELT SO THAT STRUCTURE COULD BE INSTALLED . ON THE WAY OUTSIDE HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE.

June 11, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS GRINDING THE EDGES OF SHEAR PINS ON A BENCH GRINDER.SOMEHOW SHE CAUGHT HER FINGER IN THE GRINDER.

May 31, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS HELPING MAKE SPLICE ON CABLE & WAS STRIKING THUMPER. HAMMER SLIPPED OFF OF THUMPER HIT FINGER.

May 17, 1991 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

HE SIAD HE BUMPED HIS KNEE AGAINST THE TOP.

May 14, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS IN FRONT OF A SCOOP LOADING DUST INTO THE BUCKET ANOTHER SCOOP CAME DOWN AND NOT SEEING ANOTHER SCOOP BARELY BUMPED THE PARKED SCOOP.THE BUCKET OF THE PARKED SCOOP BUMPED HIS KNEE.

March 13, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by flying object

HE WAS UP IN 6 HEADING PREPARING TO DRILL IT THE SHOT FIRER SHOT 7 LEFT BREAK ONE HOLE SHOT THRU THE BACK STRIKING HIM.

February 26, 1991 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING MACHINE BACKING OUT OF #9 HEADING THOUGHT HE WAS IN THE CLEAR & SHOT FIRER SHOT #8 BREAK & ONE HOLD BLOW TOREN SCATTERING FINE COAL ON CUTTER MAN

December 18, 1990 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING ON A CONVEYOR CHAIN AND PULLED A MUSCLE.

December 17, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRAMMING FROM $7 TO #1.CAUGHT HEAD BETWEEN BOLT4ER AND TOP.

March 23, 1990 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded

EE HAD BEEN LIFTING AND TWISTING ON SOME EQUIPMENT AND ALSO HAD BEEN CRAWLING IN A MINE A FEW DAYS PRIOR. ON 3-23-90 THE RIGHT KNEE BEGTAN TO SWELL THE DR ALLEDGE THAT EE HAD COAL MINERS KNEE.

August 3, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING ROLLER ON BELT DRIVE,PULL PIN OUT GOT GHAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BOOM AND FRAME.

March 17, 1989 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HAD A ROOF FALL ON INTAKE HE WALKED UP TO FALL TO LOOK AT IT HIT HIS BACK ON ROOF BOLT 5 HOOK BOLT PIECE OF ROCK ON BOLT FELL ON HIM.

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