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October 5, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jent & Franks Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HITTING O3 CHISEL WITH HAMMER, PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO LEFT HAND.

May 15, 1987 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Jent & Franks Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE SHOT FIRER 8ID NOT FAR ENOUGH IN THE CROSS GOT AWAY FROM PLACE BEING SHOT,BLOCK OF COAL BOUNCED & HIT HIM ON THE CHEEK & SHOULDER 3 STITCHES PUT IN CUT ON CHEEK.

March 30, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jent & Franks Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BOOM.LI0T JACK PISTON OFF OF CUTTING MACHINE.

September 30, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jent & Franks Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS HELP3NG GET A CUTTER CHAIN FROM ON A JOY 16 CUTTING MACHINE I HAD MY HAND BETWEEN THE JACK AND THE FRAME OF THE CUTTING MACHUNE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVED THE JACK AND CAUGHT MY HAN D 3

August 15, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jent & Franks Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

ONE EMPLOYEE WA8 HOLDING A HAMMER AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING THE HAMMER WITH ANOTHER HAMMER

March 11, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
H & E Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS PINNING TOP . TRAMMED PINNER AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TRAM LEVER AND METAL.

February 26, 1985 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
H & E Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLING COAL. STRAINED BACK WHILE DRILLING.

February 20, 1985 KY · Coal scoop car operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

SCOOP DRIVER OVERCOME BY POWDER SMOKE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXTRACT BUCKET OF COAL FROM LEFT BREAK OF #5 HDG SCOOP CLIMBED UPON SOME LOOSE COAL AND WAS WEDGED BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM OF MINE AND COULDNT GET BACK TO FRESH AIR.

November 9, 1984 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AUTHOR JENT, WHILE IN LOW COAL & IN THE KNEELING POSITION, BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOX OF DUMMIES WHICH WEIGHTS APPROX. 20 LBS., & STRAINED HIS BACK.

November 2, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
H & E Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PINNED HIMSELF AGAINST COAL RIB WITH ROOF BOLTING MACHINE

October 24, 1984 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME WAS IN RIGHT BREAK OF NO. 4 ENTRY POSITIONING THE WAGON DRILL TO START DRILLING COAL IN PROCESS OF POSITIONING DRILL HE HAD TO LIFT DRILL RESULTING IN BACK.

October 16, 1984 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
H & E Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING WAGON DRILL OUT OF HOLE THAT WAS DRILLAL LOWER BACK WAS PULLED AND STRAINED.

October 4, 1984 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I NAME MOVED HIS SCOOP INTO #4 ENTRY AT FACE AND WAS COMING OUT OF #4 ENTRY WITH LOAD OF COAL WHEN LEFT KNEE CONTACTED THE TOP THE INJURY CAUSED A STRAINED KNEE PULLED TENDONS AND MUSCLES LOW COAL WAS THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THIS INJURY

July 16, 1984 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
H & E Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE GETTING TO HIS KNEES IN MAN TRIP SCOOP BUCKET ENCOUNTERED LOWER THAN NORMAL CLEARANCE WHIEL STILL IN MOTION

July 9, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Jent & Franks Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK FROM THE TAIL PIECE OF THE BELT CONVEYOR. HE HAD HIS HAND ON ONE PIECE OF ROCK AND ANOTHER PIECE CAME OFF OF THE SCOOP BUCKET AND HIT IT IS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND IT TOOK 8 STITICHES TO SWER IT UP.

June 6, 1984 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

DEFECTIVE CABLE ON POWER SIDE OF 6002 30 AMP SWITCH BOX EMP WAS INSTALLING A BATTERY CHARGER 44 V 3 PHASE MIDDLE FINGER KING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER WAS ELECTRICALLY BURNED WHEN POWER WAS APP APPLIED TO SWITCH BOX 2 PHASES CAME IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER

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