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April 21, 1989 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J Smith Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS OPERATING ROCK CRUSHER & ROCK HUNG IN FEEDER. EMPL DEENERGIZED CRUSHER & USING BAR TRIED TO LOOSEN ROCK. EMPLS HAND SLIPPED OFF PRY BAR & STRUCK CRUSHER.

March 4, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
J Smith Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS PUSHING ROCK BESIDE HIGHWALL AND ROCK FELL OFF SIDE OF HIGHWALL.STRIKING BULLDOZER AND BREAKING GLASS ON BULLDOZER CAB,HITTING OPERATOR ON RIGHT FOREARM.

January 5, 1989 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J Smith Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER COAL CRUSHER AND LIFTED UP LADDER AND CHAINED IT UP AND STARTED TO GET INTO BOB CAT LOADER AND LADDER FELL MASHING LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST LOADER.

November 8, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J Smith Coal Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON 6" PUMP LINE & STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 21, 1988 KY · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J Smith Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS HELPING MECHANIC WORK ON TRUCK & THEY WERE USINGHAMMER & HAMMER HIT HIS HAND.

September 20, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J Smith Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS UNDER DOZER USING HAMMER & HE STRAINED SIDE.

September 19, 1988 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J Smith Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO JERK HIS BACK.

September 14, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
J Smith Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE REAR DUMP GETTING READUY TO DUMP THE TRUCK STARTED ROLLING FORWARD DOWN THE SLOPE AND OVERTURNED.

September 1, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
J Smith Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER & HE WAS BACKING UP & HE BACKED OVER A ROCK JARRING HIM

August 25, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J Smith Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS MOUNTING HIS DOZER SLIPPED AND FELL

August 17, 1988 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J Smith Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP A LIGHT PLANT TO A ROAD GRADER TO MOVE IT WHILE HOOKING IT UP HE HURT HIS BACK.

August 12, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
J Smith Coal Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER AND A HYDRAULIC HOSE BURSTED BLOWING OIL ON THE EMPLOYEE.

August 7, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
J Smith Coal Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OUT CHECKING THE WATER IN A POND AND SOMETHING HIT HIM. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

June 16, 1988 KY · Coal welder (shop) OTHER
J Smith Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OUTSIDE AND DUST GO TIN HIS EYE FROM THE WIND WAS BLOWING.

June 3, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
J Smith Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE PARKING LOT WAITING TO GO TO WORK HE SAID HE NOTICED SOMETHING IN HIS EYE HE IS NOT SURE HOW OR WHEN THE FORIEGN BODY GOT IN HIS EYE THE DR DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WH AT THE FOREIGN BODY WAS IT WAS BLACK IN COLOR SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN A PIECE OF COAL HE WORE EYE GLASSES

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
J Smith Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A LOADER BUCKET WITH A FORKLIFT HE HEARD SOMETHING DRAGGING STOPPED TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT IT WAS THE BUCKET ARM WAS WEDGED ON THE FORKLIFT ARM AND HE PULLED ON THE BUCKET ARM TO GET IT UNWEDGED AND IN DOING SO THE BUCKET ARM CAME UP AND HIT HIS LEG

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