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December 3, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miracle Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ONSECTION WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON LEGS BY SHUTTLE CAR CABLE, KNOCKING HIM TO MINE FLOOR.

October 15, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Miracle Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING AT FACE OF COAL, WHEN THE CANOPY FELL STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SHOULDER.

September 29, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Miracle Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS ROOF3BOLTING AND ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN BOLTER FRAME AND MINE FLOOR.CAUSING A CRUSHING INJURY TO HIS LEFT FOOT.

August 27, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Miracle Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BO5TING A WOODEN BAR TO ROOF AND DISLODGED A ROCK THAT STRUCK HIMON THE SHOULDER AND BACK

August 12, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miracle Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS STANDIN1 NEAR A CUTTER CABLE, WAITING FOR THE CUTTER TO MOVE TO ANOTHER ENTRY. AS THE CUTTER CABLE WAS RAISED UP IT STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT ANKLE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND WRENCH HIS ANKL9

August 5, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) ELECTRICAL
Miracle Mining Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

VICTIM APPARENT5Y BACKED OVER HIS CABLE AND DAMAGED THE INSULATION THEN HE STARTED TO HANG HIS VCABLE AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH A CHARGED PHASE.VICTIM WAS SHAKEN-UP BUT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE B EEN SEVERLEY IN4URED.HE WAS GIVEN FIRST AID AND TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL.

June 13, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Miracle Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS BOLTING3IN A ROOF FALL AREA WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT MINE FLOOR THEN BOUNCED AND STRUCK HIS LEG

March 19, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator OTHER
Miracle Mining Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS EN7ERING THE PORTAL OF THE MINE WHEN HE MISPLACED FOOT AND TWISTED BACK.

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