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August 2, 1983 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Stanton Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BACKING DRILL UP-WHEN IT JUMPED-AIMED PINNED EMPLOYEE AGAINST TIMBER BRUISE AND STRAIN TO RIGHT SHOULDER ABRASSION CHEST AND LEFT FOREARM

March 23, 1983 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Stanton Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RIDING SCOOP BUCKET INTO MINE BEGINNING OF SHIFT SCOOP TRAVELING OVER ROLL IN ROAD EMP LAYING ON HIS SIDE PINNED AGAINST ROOF STRAIN AND BRUISES TO RIGHT SHOULDER AND HIPS

January 20, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Stanton Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOF BOLTING AT LEFT BREAK OF NO. 2 ENTRANCE. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING BOLTER AND EMPLOYEE. BRUISES TO THE LEFT UPPER LEG.

January 19, 1983 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Stanton Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING LOADED SCOOP TOWARD CHAINLINE SCOOP HIT ROCK CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE EMPLOYEE WAS BOUNCED AND A LUMP OF COAL ROLLED UNDER HIM AND HE LANDED ON IT INJURING HIS LOWER BACK POSS IBLE BRUISE AND OR SPRAIN

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