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March 10, 1994 KY · Coal supply man, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abm Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES INTO THE SUPPLY CAR & REPORTED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK

March 2, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Abm Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLT AND RIB.

January 3, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abm Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE INSIDE THE MINE FROM A SUPPLY CAR

June 29, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Abm Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PINNING ROOF, EE HAD NEW RUBBER GLOVES HOLDING ONTO DRILL STEEL. THE GLVE ADHERED TO DRILL STEEL CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT FINGERS.

January 10, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Abm Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ON FEB 19 1993 EE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

August 10, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Abm Coal Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded

54736YEE STATES THAT CRAWLING IN LOW COAL SEAM HAS CAUSED FLUID TO ACCUMULATE ON RIGHT KNEE.

July 17, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Abm Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

54736YEE STATES THAT HE SLID OFF A PILE OF TIMBERS INTO THE FRAME OF A MINER;CAUSING LEG TO BE SKINNED AND BRUISED.

October 15, 1991 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abm Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING HEAVY MATERIALS CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN IN BACK.

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