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April 24, 2013 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T & T Energy, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

operator was getting down off his loader when he slipped and injured his right ankle, spraining it

March 22, 2013 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T & T Energy, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing off grease truck on a ladder when he slipped and fell. He got his leg hung in ladder. A co-worker was nearby and helped him get down. He went to hospital at Mary Brekinridge Hospital. He was diagnosed with a hematoma on his left knee.

October 24, 2011 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T & T Energy, LLC · Fall from machine

The employee was servicing a D11 dozer when he went back up the dozer to retrieve some supplies. On his way off the tracks had become slick from rain causing him to slip and fall resulting in a sprained ankle.

October 13, 2011 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T & T Energy, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

The employee got off his dozer while it was being serviced and went to his personnel pickup and raise the hood. The employee climbed under the hood of the truck placing his right foot on the front bumper and his left leg on the radiator support. His right foot slipped causing him to fall and cut his left leg on the hood latch.

September 24, 2009 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T&T Energy LLC · Fall from machine

EE exited truck on a slick, steep graded road with wet conditions injured left ankle and right knee.

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