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July 23, 1998 TN · Coal loader head operator, roscoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

AS LOADER WAS LOADING SHOT MATERIAL INTO TRUCKS A ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF THE BUCKET CAUSING LOADER TO LURCH CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK..

February 7, 1998 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REMOVING DRIVE SHAFT FROM TRUCK. PARKING BRAKE WAS APPLIED. HOWEVER WHEELS WAS NOT BLOCKED. WHEN THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS REMOVED THE TRUCK ROLLED FORWARD ONTO HIS LEFT LEG AND KNEE NO BROKE N BONES JUST BRUISED MUSCLES AND TENDONS.

September 25, 1997 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS GREASING STACKER BELT BEARING WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE FEEDER BELT AND BOUNCED ONTO HIS HAND, RESULTING IN ABRASIONS AND LACERATIONS WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

October 7, 1996 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS HAULING MATERIAL FROM PIT WHEN HE HIT A HOLE, CAUSING HIM TO BE BOUNCED AND JARRED. THISRESULTED IN A PULLED BACK MUSCLE.

August 24, 1996 TN · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Mining Incorporated · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE PLACEMENT OF RAILROAD CARS PRIOR TO BEIGN LOADED. AS HE STARTED TO STEP UP ON THE STEP HE SLIPPED FRACTURING HIS LEFT ANKLE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL AND HIS RIG HT FOOT GO TANGLE DIN THE TRAIN WHEELS, WHICH WRERE SLOWING ROLLIGN BACKWARDS, AND THIS PULLED HIM UNDER THE TRAIN CAR AMPUTATING HIS RIGHT LEG APPROXIMATELY 6" FROM THE HIP.

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