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December 10, 1993 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & D Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING BRAKE SHOES ON TRUCK USING A BAR TO HOLD A SPRING BACK. BAR SLIPPED CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BRAKE SHOE AND ANCHOR.

October 19, 1990 TN · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & D Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BUSTING A ROCK OFF BELT LINE WITH A HAMMER. MASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

August 18, 1989 TN · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & D Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL LETTING OFF JACK HOLDING SOLID STRUCTURE.JACK SLIPPED AND EMPL TRIED TO CATCH IT RESULTING IN LEFT HAND FX.

November 8, 1988 TN · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Scarab Energy Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING BRATTISH, SOME OF THE MORTAR MIX APPLIED TO THE BRATTISH, FELL OFF AND HIT THE GROUND, SPLASHING SOME OF THE MORTAR MIX UP AND HITTING HIM IN THE EYE.

August 30, 1988 TN · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laurel Fork Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMP WAS CHANGING BITS ON CUTTER SHAIN AND WHEN HE PULLED UP HARD ON THE BIT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BIT HE SPRAINED HIS HIP ON RIGHT SIDE.

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