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May 24, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bradmar Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS PREFORMING RECLAMATION WORK, MOVING SPOIL WITH FRONT END LOADER. ENGINE ON LOADER STALLED ON A SLOPE, EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE LOST CONTROL AND JUMPED FROM THE MACHINE. CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE IGHT FIBIA.

September 18, 1986 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Green Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING AN AIR LEAK ON A 637 SCRAPER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND.THE STEPS ON THE SCRAPER WERE WET DUE TO RAIN.THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN A DISLOCATED KNEE CAP.

September 8, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Green Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ST9PPING DOWN FROM WALKWAY ON FUEL TRUCK AND LOST HIS FOOTING.THE EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.

May 14, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Green Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A CUTTING TORCH WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WENT THROUGH HIS GOGGLES AND LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE.

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