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Years on record
1983–2026
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April 28, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wilgar Land Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BOLTING A PLACE, HE SET THE LAST BOLT AND WAS WORKING LEVERS ON SLOW TRAM WHEN HE TURNED AND TWISTED HIS BACK. POSSIBLE PULLED MUSCLES.

November 15, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilgar Land Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP SMALL BUCKET OF ROOF BOLTER BITS HURT BACK. POSSIBLE PULLED MUSCLE.

November 1, 1991 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wilgar Land Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

MINER CABLE WAS TANGLED UP. I WAS TRYING TO GET IT STRAIGHTENED UP BY MYSELF TO GET IT OUT OF THE HAULROAD WHEN MY LEFT KNEE POPPED OUT FROM UNDER ME CAUSING ME TO FALL BACKWARDS PULLING MY LO WER BACK.

August 27, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wilgar Land Company · Fall from machine

STEPPED OFF ENDLOADER AND INJURED FOOT AND CUT HAND

April 12, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wilgar Land Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR AND IT JOLTED HIM AND HURT HIS BACK.

March 15, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Wilgar Land Company · Contact with electrical current

WAS REPAIRING SCOOP & WIRE GOT GROUNDED.

February 7, 1990 KY · Coal superintendent MACHINERY
Wilgar Land Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS USING LOADER STARTED TO MOVE CABLE OUT OF WAY AND CAUGHT HAND UNDER CANOPY.

November 29, 1989 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Wilgar Land Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS ON CUTTER & GOT HAND BETWEEN CANOPY & RIB.

September 21, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler ELECTRICAL
Wilgar Land Company · Fall onto or against objects

GRABBED A HOLD OF NAKED SPOT ON WIRE ON SH CAR, JUMPED BACK INTO RIB.

March 1, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Wilgar Land Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOR FINGER CAUGHT IN INJECTOR WHILE HOOKING CHAIN.

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