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February 12, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STANDING UP AT END OF ONE SCOOP ANOTHER ONE HIT HIM PINNING HIS LEG AGAINST THE OTHER SCOOP BREAKING HIS LEG AND SMASHING HIS FOOT.

January 26, 1993 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN EJECTOR & BUCKET SMASHING FINGER TAKING 10 STICHES IN MIDDLE FINGER

November 22, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP RUN OVER RIGHT FOOT BRUISING IT.

May 10, 1989 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MASHED LEFT HAND WITH A PIECE OF ROCK

March 3, 1989 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

IT WAS ALLEGED THAT I,NAME WHILE PULLING A POWDER WAGON PULLED A MUSCL OR LIGAMENTS IN HIS BACK OR SIDE.

January 14, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

DRILLING HOLE IN KETTLE BOTTOM IT FELL OUT HITTING EMPL LEFT HAND BRAKING 2 FINGERS.

December 5, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROOF BOLTER MAN3HAD STEEL IN POT OF BOLTER AND REACHED AND GOT IT WHILE BOLTER WAS RUNNING AND T WISTED HIS RT SHOULDER

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