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December 7, 1991 KY · Coal loader head operator, roscoe operator Fatality · OTHER
Floyd-Knott Coal Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING

July 13, 1991 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Floyd-Knott Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

LOADER OPERATOR WAS CLEANING UPRIGHT BREAK IN #9 HEADING.DRAW ROCK FELL FROM FACE OF BREAK BACK THROUGH BETWEEN BLAST BOLT,FELL ON LOADER OPERATOR,HURT SHOULDER,AND BACK.

June 12, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P & J Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BUMPER FROM MINER THE BUMPER WAS TO HEAVY FOR HIM AND HE DROPPED THE BUMPER BREAKING HIS FINGER.

April 19, 1991 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P & J Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS TRANSPORTING SUPPLIES INTO MINE AS HE OFFLOADED OIL DRUM HE STRAINED BACK.

December 31, 1990 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator MACHINERY
P & J Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS LOADING COAL INTO TRACTOR WHEN ROCK FELL FROM DISCHARGE POINT STRUCK ARM.

March 2, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P & J Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WASMAKING BELT SPLICE WHEN HE STRAINED BACK.

February 19, 1986 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
P & J Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMP WAS SPOTTIN1 CAR BEHIND MINER HIS RIGHT ARM WAS STRUCK BETWEEN RAM CAR & TRACTOR

April 30, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
P & J Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EXTENT OF INJRY UNK AT THIS TIME.CONTRACT TRUCKER IN PROCESS OF INSTALLING COVER ON TRUCK.

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