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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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November 14, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING A FUEL FILTER ON ENGINE OF LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK

May 11, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING AT PREPARATION PLANT HELPING TO INSTALL VIBRATOR SCREENS, HE STRAINED LOWER PART OF STOMACH.

October 20, 1992 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SAID HE INJURED HIS BACK ON OCT 29 1992 WHILE REMOVING TRASH FROM RAW COAL VIBRATOR IN PREPARATION PLANT HE WENT TO HIS DOC ON OCT 29 TURNED HIS DOC BILL IN ON GUARDIAN (HIS INSURANCE) HE W ENT TO DOC ON DEC 30 1992 TURNED IN TO COMPENSATION FIRST DAY MISSED WAS ON 02-02-93

November 6, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR A CYCLONE PUMP IN PREPARATION PLANT, HE STARTED TO HAND TO A REPAIRMAN WHO WAS HELPING HIM A CABLE HAND HOIST AND INJURED HIS BACK.

July 31, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE ALLEGED THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK AS HE PICKED UP A BAG OF FLOCK TO BE USED IN PREPARATION PLANT.

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