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September 24, 2004 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hignite Processing Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Ee was guiding 8" metal pipe which was being hoisted. Pipe shifted and caught his left wrist between pipe and steel beam.

December 9, 2002 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hignite Processing Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS EE WAS FUELING DOZER, HE SLIPPED AND HURT HIS BACK WHILE CATCHING HIMSELF.

August 12, 2002 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hignite Processing Company · Struck by powered moving object

AS THE INJURED EE WAS WALKING TO THE PUMP HOUSE HE WAS STRUCK BY A TOOL TRUCK BELONGING TO A TRUCKING CONTRACTOR. THE EE SUFFERED CONTUSIONS ON HIS LEFT LEG, LEFT RIBS & ARMS. EE ALSO SUFFERED ABRASIONS ON THESE SAME AREAS.

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