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May 27, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Asher Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAR OPERATOR WA8 SETTING IN DECK OF CAR WITH PUMP MOTOR RUNNING & HAND OVER DECK OF TRACTOR - HYHE TURNED IN DECK STRIKING TRAM LEVER - SWIVEL TRACTOR & CATCHING HIS R HAND BETWEEN TRACTOR & C AR 3

May 19, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asher Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS MOV3NG A PIECE OF SLATE OFF OF TAIL PIECE & STOWED HIS FINGER AGAINST ANOTHER PIECE OF SLATE

May 12, 1987 KY · Coal ELECTRICAL
Asher Branch Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

MINER MAN BEGAN3TO TRAM MINER TOWARD FACE RAM CAR MAN TRAMMED RAM CAR ONTO CABLE CAUSING CABLE TO BE PULLED OUT OF BOX. BURNING MINER MANS LEFT UPPER LEG.

April 16, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Asher Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WORKED 5LL SHIFT DIDNT COMPLAIN A REPORT ANY INJURY-DIDNT WORK NEXT SHIFT SENT WORD HIS BACK WAS HFURTING-CAME BY MONDAY 042087 & REPORTED HE WAS GOING TO DOC.-THAT HE HAD PULLED A MUS CLE IN H IS BAC5 THE EMPLOYEE HAS A H ISTORY OF BACK TROUBLE

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