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May 14, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

RIGHT DRIVE CAR OPERATOR HIT HOLE IN HAUL ROAD HURT RIGHT SIDE OF LOWER BACK.

April 2, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PERSON WAS OPERATING EIMCO (DH) PINNER, IN 3 HEADING. PERSON HAD INSTALLED 2 ROWS OF BOLTS AND ADVANCED TO 3 RD ROW WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND STRUCK INJURED ON BACK.

April 17, 1991 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

RIGHT DRIVE CAR SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WHICH AS LISTED I NAME WAS TRAVELING TOWARD FEEDER WHEN THE WHEEL DROPPED INTO A HOLE CAUSING BACK & SHOULDER PAIN

September 17, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CANOPY CAUGHT TOP & BROKE COMPLETELY OFF.

September 7, 1990 KY · Coal brattice man/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

5 GALS OF WATER WAS BEING CARRIED BY SUBJECT FROM TAILPIECE OVER TO INTAKE BRATTICE LINE APPROX 140' WHEN SUBJECT COMPLAINED WITH BACK PAIN.

March 12, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SUBJECT WAS 2 BREAKS INSIDE FROM DRIFT, LIFTED HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE OVER HIS SHOULDER AND COMPLAINED WITH BACK PAIN.

September 21, 1989 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONTINOUS MINER OPERATOR WAS PICKING UP A BUCKET OF BITS WHEN HE SAID A SHARP PAIN HIT HIM IN THE BACK AREA.

October 17, 1988 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 180' FT INBY SPAD #644 ON BLEEDER SYSTEM, MEASURES ABOUT 20' FT WIDE 20 FT LONG AND 5 FT THICK. THERE WERE 3 CRIBS BUILD TO HALT FURTHER ROOF FALL.

August 18, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PERSONNEL CARRIER STUCK ON POINT AND TRAPPED EMPLOYEE BETWEEN TAILPIECE AND PERSONNEL CARRIER.

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