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November 5, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Oakley Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL OPERATING ROOF BOLTER AND CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN DRILL POT AND DRILL STEEL WHEN PRESUURE WAS APPLIED TO TOP.

November 2, 1984 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Oakley Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL OPERATING MINER WHEN PIECE OF ROCK SLACKED OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS HITTING EMPL ON ANKLE.

October 12, 1984 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oakley Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS LIFTING TIMBERS TO BE SET AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

July 12, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Oakley Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

FRONT-END LOADER LOADING ROCK TRUCK WHICH I.NAMEWAS DRIVING BUCKET OF LOADER BUMPED BED OF TRUCK CAUSING SLIGHT MOVEMENT OF ROCK TRUCK

July 6, 1984 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
Oakley Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

SETTING TIMBER ON PACK ON MINER WHEN PRESSURE WAS PUT TOP, A LOOSE ROCK SLIPPED OUT BETWEEN PINS AND HIT MINER HELPER.

June 27, 1984 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Oakley Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING MINER A PIECE OF ROCK SCALED OUT OF THE TOP BESIDE OF HIM HE MOVED QUIKCLY TO AVOID IF HITTING HIM AND TWIST THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.

June 23, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Oakley Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON OPERATOR WHILE BOLTING TOP.

June 19, 1984 KY · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Oakley Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

OPERATING SCOOP, STOPPED SCOOP TO REMOVE PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE WHEEL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL 3 THICH 4 WIDE FELL. OPERATOR FELL ACROSS SCOOP WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE WAY INJURYED LEFT RIB.

March 19, 1984 KY · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Oakley Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED OFF OF BRIDGE & SAID HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE, NOTE: THIS MAN WAS COMING OUT TO WORK LATE, THERE WAS NO WITNESSES TO THIS ACCIDENT, WE DONT KNOW IF HE WAS HURT ON THE JOB O R OFF

February 24, 1984 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Oakley Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

OPERATING SCOOP LEFT WHEEL RAN OVER LUMP OF COAL WHICH IN TURN RAISED OPERATORS HEAD INTO THE MINE ROOF STOVED HEAD & NECK REGION.

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