Lynx Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING SCOOP, CAUGHT HAND ON DIPPER. DIPPER CRUSHED RIGHT HAND AND 3RD AND 4TH DIGIT. THE EMPLOYEE HAD STITCHES IN FINGERS.
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June 4, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lynx Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A DRAW ROCK FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S FOOT, CAUSING SWELLING AND CONTUSIONS BUT NO FRACTURE.
March 5, 1991
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
ELECTRICAL
Lynx Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WAS PLUGGING WELDER INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLET. FIRE SHOT OUT THE OUTLET CATCHING THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND ON FIRE.
January 19, 1991
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Lynx Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
FOREMAN PUT HIS HAND BETWEEN BELTS AND LET A SPLICE GET HOLD OF HIS GLOVE ON LEFT AHND AND PULLED ARM INTO LOW-LOW END ROLLER AND PULLED LEFT ARM OFF.LOST ARM THREE INCHES ABOVE ELBOW.
January 17, 1991
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lynx Coal Company Inc · Fall down stairs
WEATHER WAS WET AND MUDDY OUTSIDE, CAUSED STEPS TO GET MUD ON THEM AND EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN STEPS AND WAS NOT HOLDING TO PROTECTION RAILING AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON BACK.
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