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July 28, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Pounding Mill Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPERATOR DROVE INTO RIB WITH SCOOP-PINNED HIS HEAD AGAINST RIB

July 10, 1984 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
V & W Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CONT MINER BROKE DOWN PULLING TIE BAY BRACE OFF FRONT OF MINER WEIGHT APPROX 90 LBS IT FELL CATCHING EMP HAND BETWEEN BAR AND FRONT OF SCROLL ON M INER CUT TENDONS AND MIDDLE FINGER ABOVE SECO JOINT LEFT HAND CRACKED BONE IN MIDDLE FINGER RECEIVED 20 STITCHES

April 10, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
V & W Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURE FELL BETWEEN CUMBER AND HIT I MAN ON THE SHOULDER THE HOSPTIAL HAS NOT SENT UP ON REPORT A YET DR WHO EXRAYED I NAME SAID THERE WAS NO BORKEN BONE DR THAT THE Y WOULD KEEP HIM A WHILE BAR OBSERVATION.

April 2, 1984 KY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
V & W Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING FROM 0" TO 3" IN THICKNESS 4\ LX3\WX HALF OF IT HITTING THE MINE THE OTHER HALF HITTING WADE I MANON THE BACK HE COMPLAINED OF BACK INJURY.

June 23, 1983 KY · Coal supply man, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Fuel Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

LOADING TIMBERS FROM TIMBER PILE WHEN DISTURBED NIST OF HORNETS.STUNG 3 TIMES ON ARM ABOUT ELBOW.

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