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February 2, 1984 TN · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Talkington Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPERATOR SHIFTED MACHINE WHILE IN HIGHER TOP, UNDER LOW TOP, WHICH CAUGHT OPERATOR CRUSHING RIB CAGE

April 15, 1983 TN · Coal master electrician Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Talkington Mining Corp · Contact with electrical current

HIGH VOLTAGE ,SELF CONTAINED SUBSTATION WAS NOT DEENERGIZED WHILE ELECTRICTIAN WAS TESTING OR TROUBLE-SHOOTING THE 120 VOLT A.C.CONTROL CIRCUIT,IN A LOCATION WHERE ENERGIZED HIGH VOLTAGE COMP ONENTS WERE EXPOSED.

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