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May 11, 1987 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
G & G Coal & Equipment Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

35IN OF ROCK F9LL IN A FREEWAY AT 4TH LEFT INTERSECTION FREEWAY HASNT BEEN USED IN 3 MONTHS 30IN ROOF BOLTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED WATER CUT THRU THE TOP OF THE HILL SEAM CAUSING THE ROCK TO FALL

May 4, 1987 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
G & G Coal & Equipment Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

48 IN OF ROCK F9LL IN A FREEWAY. THE FREEWAY HAS NOT BEEN USED IN 3 MONTHS. 30 IN ROOF BOLTS HADD BEEN INSTALLED. WATER CUT THRU THE TOP OF THE HILL SEAM CAUSING THE ROCK TO FALL. ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE38TH LEFT INTERSECTION

February 20, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
G & G Coal & Equipment Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

THE FOOT PEDAL 2N THE MESCHERT SCOOP TRACTOR STUCK AND CAUSED THE JEEP TO GO OVER THE EMBANKEMENT WHERE THE COAL IS DUMPED. THE DRIVER JUMPED FROM THE TRACTOR WHICH THEN STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK AND KNOCKED HIM3CLEAR. THE DRVER LANDED HARD ON THE GROUND. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED BY MINE PERSONNEL AMBULANCE TRANSFERRED HIM TO HOSPITAL

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