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December 8, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Mac Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING LID BAC5 ON STARTING BOX & STRAINED BACK.

November 24, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Big Mac Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WALKED UNDER LO2SE PIECE OF ROCK & IT FELL ON HIS BACK CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEG RESULTING IN BROKEN FOOT.

October 24, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Big Mac Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

CAUGHT RIGHT HA3D BETWEEN TIMBER & TAIL PIECE WHILE TAKING SUPPLIES OFF BELT.

July 27, 1984 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Big Mac Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WAS IN FINAL PUSH OUT #4 BLOCK. ALL TIMBERS WERE GET OT SPEICIFILATIONS. WAS LOADING LAST S.C. FOREMAN WAS SETTING BESIDE MINER OF HEARD TIMBER CRACK TOLD OPERATOR TO BACK OUT, WHEN TOP STARTE D COMING DOWN.

February 24, 1984 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Big Mac Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS ASSISTING THE SECTION ELECTRICIAN IN SPLICING THE TRAILING CABLE TO HIS SHUTTLE CAR WHICH WAS PARKED ON A GRADE. THE SHUTTLE CAR ROLLED DOWN THE GRADE, RUNNING OVER THE VICTIM. THE ELECTRICIAN WAS KNOCKED IN THE CLEAR AND WAS INJURED. VICTIM HAD BROKEN NECK AND CRUSHED CHEST

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