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February 9, 1987 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shauna-Darease Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING THE BOOM CHAIN THROUGH THE MINER WITH THE MINER ROPE THE ROPE DOG BROKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACIAL AREA NEAR THE EYE

January 14, 1987 KY · Coal timberman MACHINERY
Shauna-Darease Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SE7TING A JACK ON A WILCOX SECTION HE HAD SOUNDED TOP AND SET SAFETY TIMBER WHEN HE SET HIS JACK AND STARTED TO MOVE AWAY THE MINER OPERATOR TIGHTENED ROPE CAUSING JACK TO SLIP AN D DISLODGED A P3ECE OF ROCK STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LOWER BACK AND HIP

July 15, 1985 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Shauna-Darease Coal Inc · Contact with electrical current

FOREMAN STATED THAT HE HAD A MAN OFF THAT DAY SO HE (I NAME )HAD TO RUN THE FEEDER THAT DAY AND THAT HE TOUCHED IT WITH HIS ARM CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS LEFT KNEE ON A JACK,ALSO CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS LEG & BACK.

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