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May 23, 2000 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Altec Energy Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HURT HIS KNEE WHEN HE TWISTED IT STEPPING UP OUT OF MANTRIP.

May 4, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Altec Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT ARM, RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE ARM.

April 12, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Altec Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE MINE, WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD RESULTING IN A BUMP ON THE HEAD.

February 4, 2000 KY · Coal fan attendant POWERED HAULAGE
Altec Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

RAN OVER A ROCK AND BRUISED HIS BACK. CHANGING BATTERIES IN RAM CAR.

January 18, 2000 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Altec Energy Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNEELING DOWN AND TWISTED KNEE.

January 17, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Altec Energy Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER, HE WALKED AROUND THE ROOF BOLTER AND TRIPPED. HE FELL ON A ROOF BOLTER PLATE AND SUFFERED A MINER LACERATIONON HIS RIGHT THIGH.

January 15, 2000 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Altec Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WS HANGING MINER CABLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

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