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August 8, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS OPERATING SCOOP IN LOW COAL & EMPL'S LEG HIT ROOF BOLT & CUT LEG NEAR KNEE.

June 20, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Dayco Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOTFIRE SHOT #7 BREAK TO #8 SCOOP DRIVER WAS TWO BREAKS DOWN IN #8. BLAST RESULTING IN EAR INJURY.

June 17, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A SCOOP WHEN HE HIT A LARGE BUMP AND THE JAR CAUSED BACK PAIN EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 06-24-91 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR POSSIBLE SURGERY.

April 22, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WORKED AS A ROCK,PICKER AND HAD TO DO LIFTING.

January 15, 1991 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A ROOF BOLT SNAGGED THE EMPLOYEE'S SHIRT AND PULLED HIM INTO A AWKWARD POSITION AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

January 14, 1991 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

January 10, 1991 KY · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker POWERED HAULAGE
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A SCOOP AND HE RAISED UP TOO CLOSE TO THE ROOF AND HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND THE ROOF.

April 23, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 2 1/2 INCHES THICK 11 INCHES WIDE AND 3 FOOT LONG FELL OUT BETWEEN #1 BOLT AND ATRS SETUP FOR NEXT BOLT.

January 5, 1990 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

CHANGING BITS ON CUTTER HE HIT IT WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF HAMMER FLEW OFF AND HIT IN EYE.

November 17, 1989 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR WAS BACKING HIS MACHINE OUT OF #4 HEADING. WHEN HE GOT IN FRONT OF BREAK GOING TO #3, A SHOT WAS PUT OFF AND FORCE OF BLAST TRAVELED THROUGH A PREDRILLED HOLE AND HIT HIM IN BACK.

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