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October 9, 1986 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
T A C & C Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING BUGGY3AND A PIECE OF ROCK HIT FOOT.

October 7, 1986 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
T A C & C Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SLIDING 4AN TRIP BACK ON TRACK WHEN BLOCK BROKE AND PINNED HAND UNDER BAR.

July 9, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
T A C & C Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS LOADING A ROCK DUSTER. HE LAID HIS H AND UP ON SCOOP BUCKET AND SMALL PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL FROM SUPPORTED ROOF BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS HITTING VICTIM ON HAND.

March 5, 1984 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
T A C & C Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

THE CONT MINER WAS BACKING OUT OF THE FACE OF A CROSSUCT BEING CUT WHEN THE CONVEYOR BOOM OF THE MINER HIT THE ROOF DISLODGING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE ROOF THAT FELL AND HIT THE MINER OPERAT IN THE BACK

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