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October 20, 1988 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Walker Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR IN EYE.

July 1, 1988 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walker Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MASHED 2 FINGERS CATCHING THEM BETWEEN TAILPIECE AND FEEDER.

April 15, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Walker Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR OF SCOOP DROPPED BUCKET AND HIT A CONCRETE BLOCK CAUSING IT TO HIT I.NAME'S LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

April 4, 1988 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walker Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED KNEE WHILE SHOVELING #3 BELT

March 24, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Walker Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

PERSON WAS RIDING IN RAILRUNNER WHEN THE RAILRUNNER CAME TO A LOW PLACE & EMPL WAS RAISING UP & STRUCK HIS BACK AGAINST MINE TOP.

March 16, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Walker Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON FEEDER CHAIN & STRAINED BACK

April 3, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walker Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TIGHTNING A3HOSE ON MINER STRAINED BACK.

February 21, 1987 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Walker Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

HORSEBACK FELL 3N INTERSECTION BETWEEN #4 AND #5 ENTRIES, APPROX 1500' FROM FACE AREA, NO INJURIES INVOLVED IN THIS FALL

August 13, 1986 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Walker Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PULLERING IN SE7TION THAT WAS DRIVER WITH A FAIRCHILD MANK 22. MIGHT COURSED WITH APPROX. 8 FT OR RCK. MAN INJURED BY PIECE OF ROCK.

August 11, 1986 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walker Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME HAND WAS3HURT WHILE WORKING AT HOME & WAS AFRAID TO TAKE A TETANNIS SHOT & WHILE WORKING HIS HAND BECAME INFECTED

June 12, 1986 KY · Coal superintendent OTHER
Walker Coal Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS HORS9PLAYING & HAD ON BOOTS WITH A HIGH HEELS & TWISTED HIS KNEE ON THE SIDE OF A HEEL

April 5, 1986 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Walker Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME WAS RIDI3G IN THE MANTRIP & STRUCK THE T OP WITH HIS BACK

September 25, 1985 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Walker Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS MUCKING BELT & THE BELT CAUGHT THE SHOVEL PUSHING IT INTO I.NAME ABDOMEN

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