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November 30, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & W Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UP HEADDRIVES BENT OVER AND COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN BACK UP.

January 8, 1992 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & W Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS PUMPING COAL OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR & GOT OUT TO TURN AROUND & TWISTED HIS BACK WHEN HE WENT TO GO GET BACK IN.

August 22, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
T & W Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRILL A HOLE IN #3 ENTRY, THE OPERATOR POSITIONED HIMSELF IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WHEN THE DRILL POT WAS LOWERED, IT CAUGHT HIS RIGHT KNEE BETWEEN THE POT & THE BOTTOM.

June 21, 1991 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
T & W Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WE WERE MINING UNDER A HOLLOW AND ENCOUNTERED ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS.ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS AND CRIBS WERE INSTALLED.THE MINE ROOF STARTED TAKING WEIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE ENRIES AND SWAG GED DOWN.AT THIS TIME WE PULLED THE EQUIPMENT OFF THE SECTION TO ANOTHER SECTION IN THE MINE.

March 7, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & W Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BELT SRUCTURE. HE PULLED A MUSCLE.

October 8, 1990 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & W Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SAID HIS BACK JUST STARTED HURTING HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT.

March 2, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
T & W Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF BOLTER WAS BACKING UP, RAN OVER ROCK, HAD FOOT OFF PINNER AND MACHINE WENT UP AND CAME BACK DOWN ON LEFT FOOT.

January 9, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T & W Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

CROSSING TAILPIECE HAD TEAR IN PANTS IN TEAR GOT CAUGHT ON BACK STOPPED WHEN WENT TO JERK IT LOOSE HE FELL ONTO BELTLINE.

January 2, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T & W Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

STEPPING ACROSS TAILPIECE SLIPPED & FELL BACKWARD HIT LUMP OF COAL WHEN HE FELL.

January 1, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
T & W Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BELT LINE WITH A RED DEVIL. THE HANDLE SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.

January 1, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & W Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP ROOF BOLTS AND PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.

August 7, 1989 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & W Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL STATED THAT THE CUTTING MACHINE CABLE WAS LYING IN ROADWAY AND THE REEL WAS NOT TAKING IT UP HE GOT OFF THE MACHINE TO PULL IT OUT OF ROADWAY AND IN THE PROCESS HE CLAIMS HE PULLED SOMETH ING IN HIS BACK

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