Mining Incidents

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3,112
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1983–2026
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September 10, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
B & B Stone Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS OPERATING A LOADER ON TOP OF STOCK PILE. LOADER GOT TO CLOSE TO EDGE AND SLID OFF OF PILE. HE INJURED RIGHT HEEL WHEN HE JUMPED CLEAR OF LOADER.

June 12, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & B Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS IN HOPPER TRYING TO FREE A BIG ROCK WITH A STEEL BAR WHEN ANOTHER BIG ROCK ROLLED FROM THE TOP AND HIT HIS LEFT FOOT HIS LEFT BIG TOE RECEIVED DEEP CUT.

April 20, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & B Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO DISMOUNT TIRE USING SLEDGE HAMMER, HIT FINGER INJ TO R INDEX FINGER

January 21, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
B & B Stone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

TORCH HOSE BLEW OFF. BURN TO RIGHT SIDE OF BODY. SEEN BY DOCTOR AND MEDICATION GIVEN.

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