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February 8, 1996 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THIS REPORT WAS FILED AFTER AN AWARD OF COMPENSATION WAS MADE TO THIS MINER DUE TO WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

January 20, 1996 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES (3) WERE INSTALLING WIRE ROPE ON LOAD OUT HOIST. HAD ROPE HOOKED TO LOADER, PUTTING HOOK AND CLAMPS ON ROPE. EMP HIT ROPE WITH HAMMER TO TAKE OUT TENSION AND ROPE SLIPPED OUT OF CLAM P AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK PART OF UPPER ARM.

November 4, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING COAL ON 3-1/2 FLOOR. WHEN HE WAS SHOVELING HE HAD A PAIN IN LOWER BACK. THE SCREEN HE WAS SHOVELING TO IS ABOUT 7' HIGH. AS HE SHOVELED TO THE RIGHT ON SCREEN THE PAIN STARTED

February 21, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CLEANING PAN UNDER RAW COAL SCREEN WITH ABOUT A 6' WOODEN HAS HANDLES. AS HE WAS COMING BACK WITH HIS INJURED THUMB ON RIGHT HAND.

December 7, 1992 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS DOING NORMAL WORK DUTIES. HE GOT IN A STRAIN LIFTING SAMPLE, IN PREP ROOM.

November 18, 1991 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON REFUSE BELT, PERSON WAS STANDING BESIDE OF BELT USING TORCH. CUTTING METAL OUT OF CHUTE FEEDING BELT. CUTTING METAL ABOUT HEAD-HIGH. TURNING SIDE WAYS AS HE WAS CUTTING METAL THEN FELT A SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

July 12, 1991 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

LEAVING PREPARATION ROOM GOING TO TRUCK AND SLIP ON WET NOLEUM RUG SLIP AND FALL ON BUCKET THAT INJURY WAS CARRYING & HURT HIS RIBS.

March 15, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GREASING RAW COAL FEEDER PUT HAND ON ARM THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE WHEEL THAT WORKERS FEEDER BACK AND FORTH. GOT LEFT FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND CAUGHT BEHIND ARM AND SMASHED FINGER.

January 11, 1991 KY · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

INJURY PERSON WAS DROPPING RAIL CARS IT WAS RAINING PERSON WAS STANDING ON PLATFORM OF RAILCAR INJURY PERSON THEN STEP OVER TO OTHER PLATFORM OF NEXT RAIL CAR ABOUT THREE FEET AWAY SLIP AND FE LL FROM PLATFORM ABOUT VINE FEET TO GROUND.

October 12, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RAIN WET ON LADDER SLIPPED SPRAIN ANKLE

May 21, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING METAL SIDING FROM PERSONNEL LIFT. AS LEFT SHIFTED, ONE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRIP ON SHEET OF SIDINGM, CAUSING INJURED EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN POSTERIOR THORACIC MUSCULATU RE.

May 14, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON STEEL STRUCTURE, FOOT SLIPPED, INDUCING TWISTING MOTION, RESULTING IN MUSCLE STRAIN IN LUMBER REGION OF BACK.

March 22, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL WAS CLIMBING ONTO CONVEYOR FRAME AT 5' ABOVE GRADE. BOOTS WERE MUDDY FEET SLIPPED & RIGHT ARM STRUCK AGAINST CONVEYR FRAME RESULTING IN EVULSION OF SKIN & TISUE OF RIGHT FOREARM.

March 1, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

LIFTING CHUTE IN PLACE WITH COM AL ONG STRUCK HEAD AGAINST STEEL ANGLE LACERATING L EYEBROW

February 21, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING TIMBER TIMBER DROPPED TO FLOOR BOUNCED HIT EMP R HEEL

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