Higgins Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME SITTING AT #1 BELT HEADER AND RAISED UP TO FLIP A SWITCH.TRIPPED AND HURT RIGHT FOOT.
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September 12, 1991
TN · Coal
gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator
MACHINERY
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OPERATING LOADER ON 001 SECTION WHEN ROCK FELL IN THE FACE AND STARTLED I.NAME AND DURING REFLEX ACTIONS FRACTURED HIS RIB.
September 10, 1991
TN · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
BENT OVER AND PICKED UP OXYGEN TANK AND FELT A PAIN IN BACK.
June 7, 1991
TN · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
MACHINERY
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EE WAS HELPING THE PINNER MAN WHEN A SMALL ROCK APPROX. 1LB FELL AND HIT HIS HAND ON THE BONE BEHIND THE FIRST KNUCKLE WHILE HIS HAND WAS STATIONARY.
May 8, 1991
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EE WAS HELPING LOAD BELT INTO THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPED ON SOME GRAVEL AND WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP.
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
COUPLING MINE TRACTOR TO COAL CAR CAR TONGUE MISSED SLAT AND CAUGHT FINGER MASHING END OF FINGER
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
WATER CUT TOP AND CAUSED IT TO FALL.
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
MOISTURE IN MIN9 ROOF, NO ONE INJURED
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EIB BROKE LOOSE3FALLING ON SCOOP AND OPERATOR BROKE CHEEK BONE CUTS AND BRUISES.
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