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August 2, 2007 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Bayonet MNG. Co, Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Black lung claim

November 1, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Bayonet Mining Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS.

April 26, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bayonet Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS STEERING TRUCK (IN PROCESS OF MOVING) WHEN SOMETHING BROKE LOOSE FROM BRAKES, TRUCK ROLLED A 85 DEG & STOPPED AT BERM. EE JUMPED OUT CAUSING BACK INJURY

January 2, 2001 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bayonet Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS IN MECHANIC TRUCK WHICH WAS BEING TOWED BY A LOADER. THE TRUCK HIT A BERM CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN QUICKLY THEREFORE CAUSINGA HAND INJURY

June 9, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bayonet Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE AND ANOTHER WORKER HAD JUST PUT ENGINE IN LOADER AND WERE TESTING ENGINE. UNKNOWINGLY, THEY HAD LEFT WRENCH ON TOP OF RADIATOR AND THE VIBRATION OF ENGINE CAUSED IT TO FALL AGAINST AND THEN WAS THROWN AND HIT HIM IN MOUTH.

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