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August 4, 1988 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warco Mining Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EMP WA> INSTALLING LINE BRATTICE UP TO FACE BEFORE FACE WA> TO BE CUT EMP WA> STANDING ON A 1(TEN) FT LADDER LOST BALA(CE AND FELL

June 24, 1988 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Warco Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PLACED HIMSELF BETWEEN A PARKED SHUTTLE CAR AND THE RIB. THE RIB ROLLED ONTO THE EMPLOYEE'S BACK. NOTE: THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 6-27-88.

April 5, 1988 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Warco Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE DID NOT HAVE ANY PAIN UNTIL HE WENT HOME HE COULD NOT MOVE HIS BACK EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR FOR BACK PAIN

June 16, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Warco Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

COAL WAS BEING 5OADED FROM THE NO.2 PILLAR OF THE 001 WORKING SECTION. I,NAME WAS STANDING AT THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN THE NO.2 AND 3 ENTRIES OBSERVING THE LOADING CYCLE WHEN THE ROOF COLLAPSED. T HE VICTIM WAS C2VERED BY THE ROOF FALL AND THE LOADING MACHINE OPERATOR WAS TEMPORARILY TRAPPED BENEATH THE CANOPY OF THE JOY 14 BU-10 LOADING MACHINE.

June 16, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Warco Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

ROOF FALL EMPLO2EE WAS OPERATING LOADER WHEN ROOF FALL OCCURRED ENTRAPING I.NAME THE EMPLOYEE I.NAME WAS SAVED BY CANOPY ON LOADER

June 2, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warco Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BACK INJURY RES6LTING FROM IMPROPER DIMOUNTING TXX HIGH LIFT.

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