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3,112
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1983–2026
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March 15, 1984 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tall Timber Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PUSHING COAL SLUDGE WITH SHOVEL.

February 10, 1984 KY · Coal apprentice, trainee Fatality · MACHINERY
Tall Timber Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO MAINTENANCE MEN WERE TRAMMING A 14-BCM JOY MINER FROM NO 1 ENTRY TO NO 4 ENTRY TO SERVICE THE MINER. UPON REACHING THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN NO 3 & 4 ENTRIES THE MAN OPERATING THE MINER LOOKED BACK AND SAW HIS BUDDY LYING ON THE MINE FLOOR. HE HAD BEEN STRUCK BY THE BOOM OF THE MINER. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IF HE HAD BEEN CAUGHT AGAINST THE COAL RIB

September 16, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tall Timber Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TAKING DOWN MINER CABLE AND STUCK A STEEL HANGER IN HIS HAND.

June 14, 1983 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tall Timber Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATING RAM CAR AND CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN RAM CAR AND TRACTOR WHEN TURNED CORNER.

January 28, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tall Timber Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PINNING TOP AND LET HEAD DOWN ON FOOT.A BIT WAS HUN BETWEEN LEVERS.

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