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May 22, 1991 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
M D B Contracting Inc · Accident type, without injuries

RF FALL IN 4 HEADING FELL FROM HEADING BACK TO INTERSECTION IT WAS 20FT W AND 30 IN THICK COULD NOT TELL HOW LONG IT WAS

January 4, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M D B Contracting Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WORKING ON JEEP WITH PAN OFF CAUGHT LEG IN BETWEEN DROPPED PAN & SCOOP.

October 25, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M D B Contracting Inc · Fall from machine

SLIP DUE TO WET SHOES. FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING SLIGHT JAR, NOTICED PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE, WORKED FIVE TO TEN MINUTES, THEN HAD TROUBLE BREATHING AND WAS TRANSPROTED TO HOSPITAL. INJURED THOUGHT HE WAS HVING GAS PAINS AT FIRST WAS THE REASON HE DIDN'T GET TREATMENT IMMEDIATELY. INJURED SAID HE HADN'T FALLEN OR HAD ANY SUDDEN BLOWS DURING THE DAY OTHER THAN THE FOOT SLIPPING FROM BOTTOM

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