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October 9, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GPF-HEARING LOSS CLAIM

October 9, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-BLACK LUNG CLAIM.

August 8, 1993 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Oak Ridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP TO SECTION WHEN HIS HARD HAT CAUGHT A ROOF BOLT PULLING HIM ACROSS 3 WH/R FRACTURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

July 14, 1993 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Oak Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING THE MINER AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEGS.

June 9, 1989 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Breezy Point Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS HAULING COAL WITH SCOOP AND CAUGHT HIS KNEE AGAINST THE TOP, CATCHING HIS HIP AGAINST THE SCOOP, HURTING HIS HIP.

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