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February 22, 1996 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Black Rose Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A CURTAIN BOARD KNOCKING HIS HAT OFF. HE MOVED HIS LEFT LEG TO APPLY THE BRAKE. AS HE DI, HE CAUGHT HIS KNEE AGAINST THE SAME CURTAIN BOARD. HI S LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT ON THE BREAKER DISCONNECT CABLE, BREAKING HIS ANKLE.

January 29, 1996 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Black Rose Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING HE CUTTER WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF, HURTING HIS NECK.

January 16, 1996 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Black Rose Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HEAD AGAINST A CURTAIN BOARD, HURTING HIS NECK.

January 10, 1996 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator POWERED HAULAGE
Black Rose Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING THE CUTTER A SCOOP WAS NEEDED TO PUSH HIM UP A SMALL GRADE, DURING THE PUSHING THE CUTTER WAS PINNED AGAINST THE MINE ROOF PINNING THE OPERATOR, HURTING HIS LOWER BACK AND LEG S.

December 29, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) OTHER
Black Rose Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD SOME BACK PROBLEMS BEFORE 12-29-95. ON 12-29-95 HE CAME OUTSIDE AND WENT TO THE DR.

December 6, 1995 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Rose Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PIECE OF BELT. WHEN ITCAME LOOSE IT HIT HIM IN THE SHOULDER.

November 29, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Black Rose Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING THE BELT WHEN HIS SHOVEL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AS HE TURNED HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.

September 21, 1995 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Rose Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING O THE BELT WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT

May 29, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Rose Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A ROCK WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER STOMACH

April 26, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Rose Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER, WHEN TRYING TO BEND THE BOLTS, HE SEPARATED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

March 18, 1995 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Black Rose Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BELT LINE, A WHEN A BOARD CAUGHT HIS HAND & PINNED IT AGAINST THE MINE ROOF BRUISING IT.

December 26, 1994 KY · Coal driller operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Black Rose Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS MOVING OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE OF AN UNDERGROUND SHOT WHEN AN OBJECT HIT HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER. EE WAS 120FT AWAY AND OFF TO THE RT BREAK.

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