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September 26, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING WATER IN BUCKETS DOWN BELTLINE WORKING ON STOPPINGS.

August 15, 1988 TN · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING ROCK OFF MINER AND HIT HIMSELF IN MOUTH WITH ROCK.

March 7, 1988 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT ANKLE BETWEEN BATTERIES WHLE REPLACING BATTERIES IN SCOOP..

February 3, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

STRAINED MUSCLE IN CHEST WHILE PUSHING ROOF BOLT UP IN DRILL HOLE.

October 30, 1987 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINER WAS LIFTI3G SCISSOR PART OF A ROOF BOLTER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 9, 1987 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING A STEEL PIPE IN A ROLL OF BELTING WHEN THE ROLL WAS PULLED THE PIPE CUT THUMB ON LEFT HAND. THUMB WAS CUT AND MASHED AND WAS LATER AMPUTETED AT FIRST JOINT.

July 17, 1987 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Contact with heat

EMPLOYEE WAS EX1OSED TO THE SON FORLONG PERIODS OF TIME, HE HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE BECOMING VERY NUMB. LETHARGIC WITH FAINTING SPELLS.

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