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February 26, 1988 TN · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS OPERATING S&S SCOOP THE LAMP CORD ACROSS THE TP OF HIS CAP CAUGHT AGAINST THE MINE ROOF JAMING HIS NECK. INJURED THE VIRTEBRA AND MUSCLES

September 2, 1986 TN · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS SCOOP DR3VER,GOING OUT SIDE TO CHANGE BATTERIES,HE MET HAULAGE MOTOR AND PULLED INTO X-CUT TO PASS AS HE PULLED BACK OUT ON HAULWAY LOOSWE PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS HAND.HAND WAS ON CONTROL LEV9R,IT WAS BRUISED AND HAS SWOLLEN.

July 29, 1985 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THIS MAN WAS THE TRACTOR DRIVER HE PULLED INTO THE LOADING POINT LOADED THE FIRST CAR THEN REMEMBERED HE HAD POWDER IN THE SEC OND CAR HE LEFT THE MOTOR RAN BACK TO GET THE POWDER OUT OF THE C AR AS THE SCOOP OPERATOR WAS APPROACHING THE LOADING POINT HIS BACK WAS TO THE SCOOP OPERATOR HE WAS STOOPED OVER THE SIDE OF THE CAR THE SCOOP CAUGHT BOTH LEGS PRESSING THEM AGAINST THE CAR

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