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February 26, 1997 KY · Coal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Utility Coals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WA OPERATING HIS VEHICLE WHEN HIS VEHICLE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE END OF A GATE, WHICH PENETRATED INTO THE CAB OF HIS VEHICLE.

April 17, 1996 KY · Coal FIRE
Utility Coals Company · Accident type, without injuries

FIRE STARTED IN AREA WHERE A CHEMICAL TANK CONTAINING ALCOHOL BAS CHEMICAL OF APPROX. 450 TO 500 GAL, THIS IGNITED. THE FLAME SPREAD THROUGH THE PLANT, BURNING THE PLANT UP.

February 10, 1996 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Utility Coals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DISLODGEA WEAR PLATE IN A COAL CRUSHER. STRUCK THE WEARPLATE, HAMMER GLANSED OFF AND HIT ANKLE.

August 2, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Utility Coals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAKING SPLICE IN A CABLE GOING TO THE FUEL TANK, USING A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT KNEE.

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