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July 22, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN ROLLED PIEC9 OF BELT UP TOOK OUT OF BELT LINE WHILE MOVING IT AROUND PULLED MUSCLE IN B ACK.

May 19, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

MANTRIP HIT HOL9 IN ROADWAY AND THREW MAN UP OFF OF SEAT.

November 23, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

WATERING BELTLI3E ON HEADDRIVE DOWN CAUGHT WATER HOSE IN BELT ROLLER AND PULLED HAND INTO ROLLER

November 7, 1986 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LEG CAUGHT BETW9EN ROCK AND SHUTTLE CAR WHILE TURNING AROUND IN CAR TO GO IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION

October 26, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss ELECTRICAL
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

WELDING ON LOAD9R AND THE LEADS ON BONDER BLOWED UP IN HAND.

October 24, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE TRUCK WAS3BEING LOADED UNDER AUGER I.NAME WAS PICKING ROCK OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT AND HURT HIS BACK

October 24, 1986 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPLICING BELT L3NE, WAS LETTING RED DEVIL OFF AND CAUGHT FINGERS

August 14, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKINIG BEARING3OFF DIGGING ARM ON LOADER MISSED CHISEL AND HIT HAND

June 2, 1986 KY · Coal apprentice, trainee POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BUSTING ROCK AT3TAIL PEOCE SHUTTLE CAR MOVE OFF DUMPING POINT PIECE OF ROCK FELL OFF OF SHUTTLE CAR AND CAUGHT THUMB AGAINST SHUTTLE CAR ON MOVING.

April 23, 1986 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAULING COAL WI7H 21 SC SHUTTLE CAR PIECE OF ROCK LAYING ON RIB CAUGHT CAR CAME IN DECK AND MASHED FOOT

July 13, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LIFTING BOOM DOWN CAUGHT HAND ON LEVEL AND BOOM

May 17, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS SCATTERING LIME ON SOIL FOR RECLAIMATION PURPOSES ON SLONE FORK JOB & WAS BITTEN ON LEFT ARM BY A SPIDER.

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