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September 8, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

TAKING SNAP RING OFF SHAFT PC OF METAL FLEW OFF LODGED IN R EYE

August 24, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ace Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND I NAME WAS WALKING UP A HILL TO GET HIS LOADER WHEN HIS FEET FLEW OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE HURT HIS LEG

November 16, 1985 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Erico Processing Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING HOOK3OF CABLE TO PULL TRAIN CARS, CABLE SLIPPED AND HIT I NAME ON RIGHT ARM RESULTING IN BROKEN ARM.

May 21, 1984 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Ace Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME AND I.NAME WAS MOVING THE CONVEYOR WITH A LOADER AND THE LOADER BUCKET HIT I.NAME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

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