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March 17, 1989 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
K & M Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WE WERE PILLARING AND THE EMPLOYEE AND FOREMAN WRE TIMBERING A PLACE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE TIMBERS AND ROOFBOLTS ONTO THE EMPLOYEES LEGS.

May 12, 1988 TN · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
K & M Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

HE WAS SITTING ON BLIND SIDE OF SCOOP HE WAS SITTING ON TAILGATE HAD HIS LIGHT TURNED AWAY FROM SCOOP BY THE TIME THE SCOOP OPERATOR SAW HIM THE SCOOP BUCKET HAD ALREDY HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT.

May 22, 1987 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
K & M Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM WAS 8ERVICING THE SCOOP AND APPARENTLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO POSITION THE GREASE FITTINGS HE POSITIONED HIMSELF OVER THE BACK OF THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT AND TRAMMED THE SCOOP FORWARD FROM A HIGH AR9A AND WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND THE ROOF.

May 9, 1986 TN · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K & M Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CROSSING OVER B9LT BELT NOT RUNNING IN LOW TOP TWISTED KNEE GETTING OFF BELT

March 26, 1986 TN · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K & M Coal Company · Struck by flying object

SHOTFIRE JACKIN1 COAL MACHINE OFF CABLE WITH LIFTING JACK.JACK SLIPPED ,BAR JUMPED OUT AND HIT SHOTFIRER ON FOREHEAD CAUSING CUT -REQ STITCHES.

February 6, 1986 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
K & M Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PULLING3ONE RAILRUNNER THAT WAS BROKE DOWN WITH ANOTHER RAILRUNNER AND CHAIN BROKE AND CUT HIS FOURTH TOE ON RT FOOT

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