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June 16, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING SHEET ME7AL AT THE METAL RACK USING A SLATE BAR WHILE MOVING A PIECE OF METAL WHILE PRYING WITH BAR A SEVERE PAIN CAME IN LOWER BACK AND HIPS

April 20, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHECKING ENGINE3OIL , CREELED ANKLE WHEN CLIMBING OFF TRUCK BUMPER

March 16, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

REVERSING LEADS3ON STACKER MOTOR AT SWITCH PANEL DISCONNECT WAS PULLED BUT WAS WORKING ON HOT SIDE WHEN 2 WIRES GOT TOGETHER RESULTING IN FLASH BURNS TO FACE AND HANDS.

February 23, 1987 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FALL DUE T2 DETERIORATING ROOF CONDITIONS NAND ROOF SUPPORT 300-350' INSIDE #3 ENTRY.ROCK FALL IS ABOUT 70'LONG AND 6-8'THICK.MINE IDLEC AT TIME OF FALL.WORKERS FOUND FALL WHILE CLEANING MINE IN PREPAR5TION FOR REOPENING.

November 28, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REPAIRING FLAT 7IRE 11 X 24 LIFTING TIRE LOWER BACK INJURY.

November 20, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

WORKING ON FRON7END LOADER WORKING ON ENGINE AND WAS GETTING OFF LOADER TO GET PARTS AND SLIPPED AND HURT BACK.

September 9, 1986 KY · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING AWAY FR2M COAL HOPPER AFTER PUTTING ON CABLE WHEN CABLE BROKE AND WRAPPED AROUND LEGS.

June 9, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PUTTING 7ABLE IN MAINTENANCE TRUCK, TRUCK DRIVER ACCIDENTLY STARTED TRUCK PINNING I.NAME IN BETWEEN TRUCK & BACKHOE.

May 27, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ON FEED9R DOOR TO INSTALL A HYDRALIC JACK WHEN PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE

May 21, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS REMOVIN1 TIRE FROM TRUCK PULLED ON TIRES AND HURT BACK

February 1, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS MOVING O3L DRUM TO FILL LOADER WITH OIL

January 17, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS MOVING T9UCK REAR WHEEL WAS OVER BANK SET PARK BRAKE AND JUMPED OUT

September 12, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS MOVING O3L DRUM-SMASHED FINGER (RIGHT INDEX.)

September 5, 1985 KY · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PUTTING 9R CAR DOORS UP-PUSHED THEM W/HIS FOOT PULLING HIP OUT OF PLACE.

May 23, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

MAN WAS PULLING ROOF BOLT FROM UNDER ROOF BOLTER WHILE MACHINE WAS RUNNING HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING INJURY TO R. FOOT.

May 16, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PULLING 7ABLE-LIFTED CABLE OVER END LOADER BUCKET PULLING MUSCLES.

April 4, 1985 KY · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator MACHINERY
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS RIDING I3 THE BACK OF A PICK UP ACROSS TRACKS, TRUCK JARRED CAUSING HIM TO FALL OUT AND HURT RIGHT ELBOW.

January 21, 1985 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING ON THE ROPES THAT HADBEEN USED IN THE SET UP ROPE DOG CAME LOOSE AND THE TAIL PIECE SLIPPED AND PINNED THEEMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE TAIL PIECE AND TRACTOR.

January 16, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CRIB BLOCKS WHEN A CRIB BLOCK SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CRIB BLOCK AND THE SCOOP BUCKET RESULTING IN 2 BROKEN FINGERS

August 8, 1984 KY · Coal FIRE
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

RIB HAD FALLEN ON THE BELTLINE HAD HAD IGNITED. WAS EXTINGUSIHED WITH WATER.

June 12, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAIN AIR LINE ON TRUCK BURST, DRIVER JUMPED 7 POSSIBLY TRUCK RAN OVER DECEASED. WE ARE AWAITING CONFIRMATION OF OUTOPSY REPORTS

May 15, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A BOLT MACHINE WHEN A PC OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN PC OF ROCK AND PINNER CAUSING A CUT TO HIS HAND

April 23, 1984 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING ROCK UP AT THE TAIL PIECE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

February 9, 1984 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS HELPING JACK A RAIL MOTOR BACK ON TRACK, JACK SLIPPED OUT, HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT EAR, ARM AND HAND

June 10, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING CABLE OUT OF PINNERS WAY WITH FOOT, CABLE PULLED HIS FOOT UNDER PINNER, BREAKING HIS LEG APPROX. 6" ABOVE THE ANKLE.

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