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1983–2026
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July 25, 1989 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Middle Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS SEWING BELT WHILE STANDIN ON BOTTOM BELT STRUCTER BETWEEN THE 2 BELT CLAMPS. WHEN BELT CAME ON.

May 30, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Middle Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING SCOOP RAN OVER A ROCK WHICH RAISED SCOOP UP ON GROUND THEN EMPLOYEE UP AGAINST CANOPY WHEN HE COME BACK DOWN IN SEAT JOLT HURT BACK.

October 18, 1983 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Ridge Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BAG OF POWDER AND BUMPED OR HIT HIS KNEE ON A TIMBER WHILE PASSING BY A COAL CAR THE COAL CAR WAS NOT MOVING AT TIME OF INJURY

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