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September 30, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP CRAWLED IN COSE PROXIMITY TO 506 BRIDGE CARRIER OP. TRAMMED MACHINE FORWARD CATCHING EMP L. FOOT UNDER RAWLER TRACK.

September 27, 1988 TN · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

COAL AND ROCK BROKE OFF ROOF AND RIB HITTING EMPLOYEE IN BACK.

September 26, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING WATER IN BUCKETS DOWN BELTLINE WORKING ON STOPPINGS.

August 16, 1988 TN · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CUTTING MACHINE CABLE. MACHINE MOVED PULLING EMPLOYEE AND CABLE TO THE GROUND.

August 15, 1988 TN · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING ROCK OFF MINER AND HIT HIMSELF IN MOUTH WITH ROCK.

June 2, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF RACK APPROX. 18 FT THICK X 4 FT X 4 FT RODE SAFETY JACK OUT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK.

April 4, 1988 TN · Coal MACHINERY
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CRAWLER PULLED AROUND AND CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN CRAWLER AND LOW BELT STRUCTURE, MASHING FOOT.

March 7, 1988 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT ANKLE BETWEEN BATTERIES WHLE REPLACING BATTERIES IN SCOOP..

February 23, 1988 TN · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN LOW BELT AND CRAWLER AND WAS SQUEEZED IN THE ABDOMINAL AREA.

February 3, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

STRAINED MUSCLE IN CHEST WHILE PUSHING ROOF BOLT UP IN DRILL HOLE.

November 24, 1987 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW9OCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING MINER ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND NECK.

October 30, 1987 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINER WAS LIFTI3G SCISSOR PART OF A ROOF BOLTER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 9, 1987 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING A STEEL PIPE IN A ROLL OF BELTING WHEN THE ROLL WAS PULLED THE PIPE CUT THUMB ON LEFT HAND. THUMB WAS CUT AND MASHED AND WAS LATER AMPUTETED AT FIRST JOINT.

July 17, 1987 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Contact with heat

EMPLOYEE WAS EX1OSED TO THE SON FORLONG PERIODS OF TIME, HE HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE BECOMING VERY NUMB. LETHARGIC WITH FAINTING SPELLS.

June 28, 1987 TN · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

CUTING METAL PI1E WITH TORCH, PIIPE BROKE AND FELL BACK STRIKING EMP ON SHOULDER INFLICITNG A CONTUSION AND LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES

June 26, 1987 TN · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

WIRING UP COAL 8RILL CATHEAD ACCIDENTLY CONTACTED A HOT LEAD OF 300 V DC POWER BURING BOTH HANDS

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