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June 27, 1994 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
B & D Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING TANDEM TRUCK HAULING REJECT RAISED BED TO DUMP AND TRUCK TURNED OVER TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER STRUCK BACK BRUISED BACK.

February 8, 1991 TN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

CLEANING UP AROUND PREP PLANT ON BOBCAT RAN OVER 2X4 WITH BOBCAT. BOBCAT BOUNCED HIT SCREEN ON BOBCAT.

July 12, 1989 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL HAD BEEN OPERATING HIGH-LIFT LOADING COAL.LIFT GUAGE INDICATED LIFT WAS OVER HEATING.STOPPED LIFT AND WALKED OUT ONTO MOTOR HOUSING TO CHECK.PUT FOOT ON TOP OF RADIATOR CAP AND TWISTED A LITTLE WITH FOOT ON IT TO LET PRESSURE OFF.HEARD RADIATOR SPEW AND THOUGHT OK,WHEN HE LIFTED FOOT OFF CAP,WATER AND STEAM BLEW OUT HITTING HIM.

April 5, 1989 TN · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
B & D Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR RAN SHUTTLE CAR INTO HIM AND CAUGHT HIM BETWEEN THE SHUTTLE CAR AND THE RIB OF COAL.

March 25, 1988 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WAORKING ON SCOOP IN SHOP & HAD HOLD OF SCOOP BUCKET. BUCKET LOWERED & CAUGH HIS FINGERS BETWEEN BUCKET & FLOOR, MASHING HIS FINGERS & CUT OFF END OF RING FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

March 18, 1988 TN · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Scarab Energy Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REPLACING STALKER BELT AND WAS LINEING BELT WITH PRY BAR. BELT CAUGHT BAR AND THE BAR HIT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

December 7, 1987 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Scarab Energy Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME GOT OUT 2F HIS TRUCK AND WALKED TO THE SIDE AND LAID HIS HAND ON THE BED FRAME AND WAS KICKING THE POWER TAKE OFF OUT OF GEAR WHEN THE BED CAME DOWN AND MASHED HIS HAND

March 25, 1987 TN · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Scarab Energy Corp · Struck against a moving object

COMING DOWN MT 0ROM REJECT AREA IT WAS RAINING ROAD WAS SLICK TRUCK SLIPPED OFF OF SIDE OF ROAD HIT TREE AND TURNED OVER HE HIT LEG ON STEERING WHEEL.

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