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September 9, 1998 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Floyd Ridge Mines Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING ONTO BOSS BUGGY, TWISTED AROUND, TWISTED KNEE.

December 30, 1997 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Murriell-Don Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BUILDING BRATTICE THROWING PLASTER GETTING IN LEFT EYE.

December 29, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Murriell-Don Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN OPERATOR SAID PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING HIM IN BACK. DR SAID EITHER HAD PULLED MUSCLE OR BACK SPASMS.

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