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September 12, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gordon Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HIT A PILLAR WITH HIS JEEP, BUSTED HIS NOSE.

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gordon Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING JEEP CAME AROUND CURVBE & HIT ANOTHERF JEEP HEAD ON & HIS HEAD HIT PANIC BAR, CUT ON RIGHT EYE RESULTED IN STITCHES.

March 8, 1988 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Gordon Coal Company · Struck by concussion

MISFIRED SHOT FROM PREVIOUS SHIFT-EXPLOSION CAUSED HEARING LOSS.WAS IN NEXT WORKING PLACE WAS ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION OVERNIGHT.

March 2, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gordon Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GOT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN EQUIPMENMT

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