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December 16, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Benham Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS OPE9ATING A BATTERY POWERED TRACK MOTOR BEING USED FOR A MANTRIP. AS HE WAS OPERATIN MOTOR HE SAW HIS DINNER BUCKET START TO FALL FROM MOTOR AND RAISED UP TO GET BAUCKET. HE RAISED UP HITTING TOP 4ITH HIS R SHOULDER CAUSING AN ABRASION TO THE SHOULDER AN FLEXION TO HIS NECK

February 22, 1985 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Benham Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS CARRYING TWO FIVE GALLON BUCKETS OF OIL TO THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS MIDDLE BACK MUSCLE STRAIN STRAIN TO BACK. THE INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED AT THE TIME O F THE ACCIDENT, LATE REPORT.

October 25, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Benham Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR HAD COME TO THE DUMP AND UNLOADED COAL. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUT OF THE CAR TO CHANGE SEATS TO GO BACK TO MINER WHEN THE CAR ROLLED BACK CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE. DIAGNOSIS TWISTED KNEE, TENDER TO PALAPATION AT KNEE AND 1/3 OF FEMUR.

May 11, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Benham Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS PINNING TOP INSTALLING LAST ROW OF BOLTS WHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK WEIGHING APPROX 200 LBS FELL BETWEEN ROTATING HEAD ON BOLTER AND SAFETY JACKS STRIKING VICTIM ON SHOULDERS & BACK. TENDERNESS CAUSED BY THE BALL OF DRAW ROCK TO THE LUMBAR SPINE AREA, X-RAY SHOWED 25% APPROX COMPRESSION OF 1ST LUMBAR VERTEBRAL BODY ANTERIORLY

March 14, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Benham Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING UP A D.C. WELDER TO LOAD ON A BATTERY CAR. WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK. PHYSICIANS REPORT OF DIAGNOSIS WAS A LOWER BACK STRAIN.

January 12, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Benham Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED HAD DRILED HOLE WITH STARTER STEEL & WAS STARTING TO PUT TWO PCS OF FINISHING STEEL IN HOLE WHILE HOLDING STEEL IN HIS LEFT HAND HE RE-POSITIONED ROOF BOLT MACHINE CATCHING LEFT THUMB BETWEEN TOP OF ST EEL & MINE ROOF CUT BOTTOM PORTION OF LEFT THUMB-NO FXS

September 19, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Benham Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS REMOVING THE DRIVE BELTS FROM THE CLEAN COAL PUMP BY RIDING THE BELTS OFF THE PULLEY BY PULLING THE BELTS BY HAND POWER WHILE PULLING THE BELT OFF HIS FINGER TIP WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PULLEY AND UNDERSIDE OF V-BELT ACCIDENT CAUSED LACERATION AND FX TO END OF RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND

June 15, 1983 KY · Coal security guard, watchman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Benham Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS BUILDING A FIRE BURNING TRASH PAPER IN A TRASH BARREL AND SOMEONE HAD THROWN A SPRAY PAINT CAN IN TRASH TO BE BURNED THE CAN EXPLODED AND CAUSED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE AND NECK AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH HANDS

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