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April 3, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elizabeth Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR CAUGHT HAND ON BUMPER. PAD IN THE MIDDLE OF SCOOP. LEFT HAND HAD SOME INJURY TO 3 FINGERS.

February 7, 1995 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Elizabeth Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

APPARENTLY THE MAN WAS TRYING TO BEND A BOLT AND BOLTER OPERATOR WAS MOVING TO NEXT BOLT POSITION. WHEN BOLTER MOVED BACKWARDS, IT RAISED UP ON REEL END AND THE BOLT HIS WAS BENDING RAISED WIT H THE BOLTER AND TRAPPED HIM BETWEEN BOLT AND TOP.

December 9, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elizabeth Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS PICKING ROCK FROM SHAKER, RAN TO TURN BELT OFF. SLIPPED ON WET GROUND AND FELL ONTO LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY.

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