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January 7, 1985 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bledsoe Deep Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING RAIL-RUNNER BACK ONTO RAIL AND CAUGHT LEFT THUMB UNDER RAIL RUNNER.

October 26, 1984 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Bledsoe Deep Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CALB EODUT OF ROADWAY AND WASS STRUCK LEG OFF SIDE SHUTTLE CAR DISCOCATING EMPLOYEE LEFT AND HIP.

August 23, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bledsoe Deep Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL SETTING JACK AT FACE OF MINE.DRAW ROCK FELL FROM ROOF OF MINE AND PINNED EMPL AGAINST FLOOR OF MINE.

March 12, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Bledsoe Deep Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE REPAIRMAN WAS MAKING AN EXAMINATION OF A SCOOP. HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE BUMPER BLOCK OF THE SCOOP. HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP CONTROLS WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. HE ACCIDENTLY CAUSED THE SCOOP TO SWIVEL AT THE CENTER SECTION CAUSING HIS LEFT HAND TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THE FRAME AND BUMPER BLOCK.

August 8, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bledsoe Deep Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING FEEDER AND STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING HAMMER.

August 8, 1983 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bledsoe Deep Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN EIGHTEEN FOOT WIDE BY THIRTY FOOT LONG BY FIVE FOOT THICK PORTION OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AT SECTION 001 OF MINE NO.2 THE FALL, APPARENTLY DUE TO MOIST ROOF CONDITIONS, OCCURRED TWO BREA KS OUTBY THE FACE IN THE CROSS-CUT BETWEEN ENTRIES.

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