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December 17, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Jesse Branch Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THIS REPORT WAS FILED AFTER WE WERE NOTIFIED BY EE'S ATTORNEY THAT THE EE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BLACK LUNG AND /OR PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

December 3, 1996 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jesse Branch Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

MOBILE EQUIP. OPERATOR WORKING IN CLEAN COAL STOCKPILE. HAD CLEANED OFF 2 OF THE GRAVITY FEED POINTS WITH FRONT END LOADER, THEN DISMOUNTED LOADER, WALKED TO THE #4 FEEDER POINT TO DISLODGE CO AL AND FELL THROUGH THE FEED POINT ON TO BELT.

July 19, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Jesse Branch Coal Company · Struck by flying object

OPENING A PULVERZER WHILE STILL RUNNING AND THROWING COAL INTO LEFT EYE.

July 18, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jesse Branch Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING OUT RAW COAL CHUTE THAT WAS PLUGGED CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK.

July 18, 1994 KY · Coal coal sampler MACHINERY
Jesse Branch Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING BESIDE EE THAT WAS CARRYING A WEED EATER. EE DROPPED WEEDEATER & STRING GUARD BOUNCED UP STRIKING EE IN THE LIP CAUSING LACERATION.

June 20, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jesse Branch Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CONNECTING PULL CABLE TO RR CAR, SLIPPED ON LUMP OF COAL AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT THE FALL, HIS HAND OR THUMB BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE HOOK AND RR CAR.

February 8, 1993 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jesse Branch Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SWITCHING GATE POSITION AT DISCHARGE POINT OF FINE CAOL BELT.RESULTING IN A STRAIN TI THE LOWER BACK.

July 9, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jesse Branch Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

36539ACT COAL HAULER WAS GOING UP IN THE HOLLOW AT JESSE BRANCH TO GET DIESEL FUEL FOR HIS COAL TRUCK.HE WAS PREPARING TO CROSS THE MAINLINE RAILROAD TRACK WHEN HIS TRUCK WAS STRUCK BY A CSX L 63646TIVE HIS TRUCK WAS HIT BY THE TRAIN AND TURNED CROSSWAYS ON THE TRACK ABD BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE LOCOMOTIVE AND A LOADED RAILRAOD CAR THAT WAS SITTING ON JESSE BRANCHES SIDING.

May 2, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jesse Branch Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING UNIVERSAL JOINT IN ENDLOADER. IN WHICH HE WAS FILING OFF A ROUGH SPOT OVERHEAD ON THE DRIVE LINE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ETAL FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

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