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1983–2026
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October 2, 1995 TN · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE PUTTING CRIB BLOCK UNDER A JACK OF THE MINER, MINER OPERATOR LET JACK DOWN ON HIS THUMB, EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB THAT REQUIRED EIGHT SUTURES.

December 16, 1987 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

EMPL DISLODGING3COAL FROM FINES CHUTE FOOT SLIPPED FELL 6' TO CONCRETE FLOOR BRUISING LEFT KNEE AND LEFT SHOULDER.

January 30, 1986 TN · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS HELPING CHA3GE BATTERY ON RUBBER TIRE TRACTOR MASHED RT INDEX FINGER ON HOOK THAT HOLDS BATTERY

November 7, 1983 TN · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DAN WAS HELPING SPLICE #3 BELT. MARVIN NOLAN WAS JACKING THE BELT TOGETHER AND THE HANDLE CAME OFF OF THE COMEALONG AND HIT DAN ON THE ELBOW.

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