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February 15, 1997 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tennessee Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND 3 TOHER COWORKERS WERE CHANGING OUT PUNCH PLATE IN RAW COAL SUMP. EE AND COWORKER WERE STANDING ON TOP OF THE SUMP. COWORKER REACH EE A COMEALONG. WHEN HE REACHED OUT TO GET IT HE PULLE D A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

November 14, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING A FUEL FILTER ON ENGINE OF LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK

March 20, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tennessee Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS USING A POCKET KNIFE TO CUT TAPE LOOSE ON SHOP HAMMER WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THUMB ON LEFT HAND REQUIRING SEVERAL STITCHES.

January 14, 1995 KY · Coal MACHINERY
Tennessee Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HELPING TO LAY DRAINAGE PIPE, AN EXCAVATOR PUSHED A TREE END. THE TREE HIT HIM IN LOWER LEFT SIDE CAUSING INJURY.

September 19, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Construction Company · Fall onto or against objects

HE SLIPPED & FELL ON GUARD RAIL CAUSING INJURY TO HIS LEFT ARM & STOMACH HE WAS WORKING AT SHALE HOUSE HELPING TO CLEAN DIRT & LOOSE COAL FROM UNDER SCALES

May 17, 1994 KY · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Tennessee Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS WORKING AT PREPARATION PLANT, HE WAS GOING INTO RAW COAL TUNNEL, HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON GUARD RAIL.

May 11, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING AT PREPARATION PLANT HELPING TO INSTALL VIBRATOR SCREENS, HE STRAINED LOWER PART OF STOMACH.

February 3, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tennessee Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO START A PORTABLE AIR COMPRESSOR.

August 19, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Construction Company · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS GOING DOWN PLANT STEPPS AS HE STEPPED FROM STEPPS TO CONCRETE PAVEMENT HE STEPPED ON A LOOSE BOLT CAUSING HIS LEFT NAKLE TO TURN HE FELL ON HIS LEFT ARM INJURY TO ELBOW BRUISED LEFT ELB OW TURNED LEFT ANKLE.

November 4, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Tennessee Construction Company · Struck by flying object

HE WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER IN CLEAN COAL. STOCK PILE, PUSHING COAL INTO FEEDERS, WHEN COAL DUST GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

October 20, 1992 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SAID HE INJURED HIS BACK ON OCT 29 1992 WHILE REMOVING TRASH FROM RAW COAL VIBRATOR IN PREPARATION PLANT HE WENT TO HIS DOC ON OCT 29 TURNED HIS DOC BILL IN ON GUARDIAN (HIS INSURANCE) HE W ENT TO DOC ON DEC 30 1992 TURNED IN TO COMPENSATION FIRST DAY MISSED WAS ON 02-02-93

November 6, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR A CYCLONE PUMP IN PREPARATION PLANT, HE STARTED TO HAND TO A REPAIRMAN WHO WAS HELPING HIM A CABLE HAND HOIST AND INJURED HIS BACK.

February 12, 1991 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator MACHINERY
Tennessee Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS OPERATING A MOTOR GRADER ON COAL HAUL ROAD, JUST AS HE GOT TO TOP OF HILL TO #2 & #3 MINES ROADS, THE GRADER ENGINE STOPPED, THE GRADER RAN BACKWARD AND RAN OVER EMEBANKMENT AND TURNED OVER ON ITS TOP.

March 23, 1990 KY · Coal welder (shop) Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Construction Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE FELL FROM 4TH FLOOR OF PREPARATION PLANT, HE APPARENTLY GOT HIS WELDING GLOVE CAUGHT ON METAL CAUSING HIM TO BE DRUG OUT OF DOOR CAUSING INJURY - FATAL.

January 5, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tennessee Construction Company · Struck by flying object

HE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER TO GRIND ON D-8 DOZER TRACK LINK WHEN A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL FLEW INTO HIS EYES

July 31, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE ALLEGED THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK AS HE PICKED UP A BAG OF FLOCK TO BE USED IN PREPARATION PLANT.

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