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February 3, 1992 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLAT CONVEYOR BELT TO ROLL IT UP & PULLED MUSCLE IN RT SHOULDER & NECK

March 14, 1991 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BRIDGE OPERATOR WAS PINNED BETWEEN MINE RIB AND BRIDGE BREAKING BOTH LEGS.

November 2, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

WENT OUT FROM SUPPORT ROOF IT FELL ON HIM CUTS AND BRUISES

May 16, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT THUMB CATCHING IT BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLTER.

July 15, 1988 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN FIRST CROSS CUT OF #2 ENTRY. APPROX. 20' WIDE, 20' LONG, 6' THICK. HAD 6' RESIN BOLTS IN IT. THERE WAS REAL BIG HILL SEAM WHERE IT FELL.

June 24, 1988 KY · Coal INUNDATION
Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WAS MINING HUNDRED TO HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE FEET UNDER GROUND AND HIT OLD MINES THAT THERE WERE NO MAPS ON, THERE WAS WATER AND DEAD AIR OR LOW OXYGEN. NO ONE WAS INJURED.

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