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April 21, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lisa Anthony Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE SAID HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN PULLING MINER CABLE.

April 6, 1993 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lisa Anthony Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ROCK DUSTING IN THE INTERSECTIO9N OF#2 ENTRY, WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BET- WEEN THE ROOF BOLTS.

September 2, 1992 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Lisa Anthony Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

HE REMOVED FACE OF LINE STARTER AND HAD ANOTHER MAN START 506 CARRIER AND IT ARKED TOGETHER.

November 10, 1989 KY · Coal timberman MACHINERY
Lisa Anthony Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS SETTING JACKS FROM MARK 20 WILCOX MINER WHEN HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN JACK & DEAD EYE.

August 5, 1988 KY · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lisa Anthony Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS MOVING RIGHT SIDE JACK IN RIGHT CORNER OF FACE AREA. HE TURNED AND TWISTED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.

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