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October 27, 1987 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE DRIVING J9EP INTO MINES PASSED A 2ND JEEP & THEY BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER & HAND ON HIS PAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HIS JEEP LIGHT POST & JEEP PAN & HIS LEFT RING FINGER 1ST JOINT WAS CUT OF F 3

August 19, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE BLOCKING 6P A BOLT DRIFT MOUTH, A SMALL PIECE OF COAL FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

August 17, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE USING THE3ROOF BOLTER MACHINE A SMALL PIECE OF SLATE FELL OUT AND HIT HIS LOWER BACK.

June 11, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

PUT A CHISEL TO3A BEARING TO REMOVE IT AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP AND IMBEDDED IN LEFT EYE

June 6, 1987 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE DRIVING M3NE JEEP DIRT AND PARTICLES FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN FACE SOME WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE AND A SMALL PARTICLE IMBEDDED IN EYE

May 21, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE DRILLING 5 ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND.HE WORKED THE 21ST AND ALL DAY THE 22ND.HAND BEGAN TO SWELL AND ON THE 23RD WENT TO A DOCTOR AND X-RAYS SHOWED TWO BONES BROKEN. IED OF THIS BY 7HE EMPLOYEE UNTIL 5-29-87.

May 12, 1987 KY · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING A LARGE 9OCK OFF A MINE SCOOP WITH A BAR AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK ON RIGHT SIDE. THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED EARLIER BECAUSE THIS EMPLOYEE WORKED ALL THAT DAY AND THEN DID NOT SHOW UP FOR WO9K FOR A WEEK NO ONE KNOW HE HAD HURT HIS BACK HE HAD TOLD NO ONE.

April 30, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PUTTING P5N ONTO MINE JEEP, HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PAN AND JEEP AND SMASHED- RIGHT THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

November 26, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

ROCK FELL FROM 2IGHWALL ONTO THE STEEL BEAM OF TEMPORARY CANOPY AND ROCK AND BEAM FELL ONTO THE EMPLOYEE

January 30, 1986 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SAID H9 WAS DRIVING A JEEP AND IT BOUNDE CED HIM UP AGAINST THE ROOF AND HIT HIS BACK

April 30, 1985 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURED RIDING ON TOP OF THE CRIB BLOCK IN TH E SCOOP AFTER BEING TOLD BY FOREMAN,I.NAME, NOT TO WAS CRUSHED AGAINST THE ROOF. OTHERS WERE UNABLE TO REMOVEW ANY OF THE CRIB BLOCKS TO FRE E HIM SO THRY HAD TO BACK THE SCOOP UP IN ORDER TO FREE HIM.. .

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