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November 5, 1989 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Triple C & G Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND RAN OVER A BLOCK OF COAL AND IT BOUNCED HIM IN THE SCOOP AND HIT HIS BACK ON THE BACK OF THE SEAT.

October 16, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Triple C & G Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE BOTTOM AND THE HEAD OF THE 300 GALIS ROOF BOLTER ON THE BOTTOM AND MOVED THE BOLTER OVER AND THE HEAD SLID ACROSS HIS HAND

May 21, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Triple C & G Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

SHE WAS PICKING ROCK AND A BLOCK OF COAL CAME OFF THE BELT AND HIT HER HAND.

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