EMPL WAS SCRAPING COAL OFF TOP WHEN SMALL PIECE OF COAL GOT IN EYE. HE DIDN'T REALIZE HE STILL HAD PIECE IN EYE UNTIL FOLLWING SUNDAY WHEN HIS EYE STARTED SWELLING. HE WENT TO EMERGENCY RO OM & TREATED FOR CORNEAL ABRASION.
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E T R Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
January 23, 1986
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Talkington Mining Corp · Struck by falling object
BOLTER OPERATOR3WAS SCALING DRAW SLATE WITH ROCK BAR PIECE BROKE OVER HEAD STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK INJ WSAS TRANSPORTED TO H OPPITAL X RAYED EXAMINED AND KEPT IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION FOR BRUISED BACK 3
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