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November 19, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
C & R Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY THROWING HIM AGAINST MINE ROOF.

September 30, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Fools Gold Energy Corp · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 3'X3'X0" TO 3" THICK FELL OUT BETWEEN A ROOF BOLT & THE RIB ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE #2 ENTRY STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HIS LEFT FOOT WHILE HE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES FROM T HE S&S MODEL 482 SCOOP,POSSIBLY CAUSING A FRACTURE.

August 3, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING BELT AND STRAINED ABDOMEN AREA THIS IS A REOCCURANCE OF PREVIOUS INJURY.

July 23, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PIECE OF ROCK WHEN HE HAD PAIN IN BACK AND ABDOMEN.

July 22, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
C & R Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

SHOVELING UNDER TAILPIECE WHILE BELT WAS RUNNING & SPLICE CAUGHT SHOVEL AND PULLED HAD & WRIST DWON ON A PIECE OF WATER LINE.

July 13, 1993 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fools Gold Energy Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND OTHER WERE DRAGGING TAIL ROLLER TO BE LOADED ON RAIL CAR, WHEN EE NOTED A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN AREA. THIS STOPPED WITH NO INDICATION OF INJURY UNTIL 7-21-93, WHEN HE WENT TO T HE MEDTHODIST HOSPITAL OF PINEVILLE EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT.

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