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March 1, 1996 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
E & B Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AROUND #2 BELTHEAD DRIVE REPAIRING BROKEN BELT.BELT HEAD DRIVE WAS ENERGIZED THUS PULLING EMPLOYEE INTO POWER ROLLERS RESULTING IN EMPLOYEES FATAL INJURIES.

December 13, 1995 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E & B Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAKING BELT SPLICE LET RED DEVIL OFF ONTO HIS FINGER.

July 21, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
E & B Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF HAULING COAL TO DUMP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING HIM ON THE NECK.

May 15, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E & B Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING CABLE IN MINE AND STRAINED HIS BACK & GROIN.

February 10, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
E & B Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE RAN INTO A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP AND WHEN HE CAME BACK DOWN HE HIT HIS NECK ON THE SCOOP.

January 1, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
E & B Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROOF BOLTER MAN WAS INSTALLING SECOND BOLT WHEN SOMETIME IN THIS LOWER STOMACH PULLED.

November 16, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E & B Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A ROCK OFF THE COAL FEEDER CAUSING HIM TO PULL A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

October 10, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
E & B Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS DRIVING SCOOP AND HOLDING HARD HAT ON HIS HEAD WITH HIS HAND AND HE SCRAPED HIS FINGER ON RIB.

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