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July 23, 1998 TN · Coal loader head operator, roscoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

AS LOADER WAS LOADING SHOT MATERIAL INTO TRUCKS A ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF THE BUCKET CAUSING LOADER TO LURCH CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK..

May 18, 1998 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING EXHAUST SYSTEM ON MECHANIC'S TRUCK WHEN HE GOT A PIECE OF RUSTY METAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE. DOCTOR NUMBED THE EYE, REMOVED METAL, PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.

March 11, 1998 TN · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Mining Inc · Fall down stairs

FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW CAUSED SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. AS EE WAS GOING DOWN THE STEPS AT THE OFFICE TRAILER SHE SLIPPED AND FELL. HER RIGHT ANKLE WAS SPRAINED AND TWO BONES BROKEN IN THE RIGHT FOO T.

February 7, 1998 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REMOVING DRIVE SHAFT FROM TRUCK. PARKING BRAKE WAS APPLIED. HOWEVER WHEELS WAS NOT BLOCKED. WHEN THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS REMOVED THE TRUCK ROLLED FORWARD ONTO HIS LEFT LEG AND KNEE NO BROKE N BONES JUST BRUISED MUSCLES AND TENDONS.

January 19, 1998 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Mining Incorporated · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A WATER HOSE ADN CLAIMS TO HAVE PULLED A MUSCLE (OR POSSIBLY HERNIA). NO REPORT OR COMPLAINT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.

September 25, 1997 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS GREASING STACKER BELT BEARING WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE FEEDER BELT AND BOUNCED ONTO HIS HAND, RESULTING IN ABRASIONS AND LACERATIONS WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

July 25, 1997 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EE IS AN EE OF D.H. CAMPBELL INC. (CONTRACT HAULERS). EE WAS HAULING HIGHWALL MINE ADDCARS TO A DIFFERENT PIT AREA. AS HE STEPPED UP ON THE TRUCK, HE SLIPPED & FELL. HE HIT THE GROUND, BRUISIN G HIS BACK AND KIDNEYS.

July 18, 1997 TN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE THOUGHT HE HAD GOTTEN SOME GRIT IN HIS EYE SOMETIME ON 7-18-97. ON 7-19-97 IT WAS BOTHERING HIM ENOUGH THAT HE WENT TO THE DR AND THEY REMOVED A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM HIS LEFT EYE.

July 18, 1997 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE PULLED A MUSCLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK. HE WENT TO DR. AND CONTINUED WORKING. ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1997. BY DOCTOR'S INSTRUCTIONS, HE QUIT WORK BECAUSE OF CONTINUING DEGENERATIVE CONDITION.

April 12, 1997 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tennessee Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HAMMERING ON MARTEN LINK OF CONVEYOR CHAIN, WHEN IT CHIPPED AND A PIECE STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT THIGH REQUIRING STITCHES.

February 12, 1997 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Mining Incorporated · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS MINING FLOCCULANT WHEN HE SLIPPED IN SPILLED WATER AND FELL CAUSING CONTUSIONS TO BACK AND NECK.

October 19, 1996 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Mining Incorporated · Fall down stairs

EMPLOOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILLE DESCENDING A FLIGHT OF STAIRS. INFLICTING ABRASIONS TO HIS RIGHT HAND AND BACK.

October 7, 1996 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS HAULING MATERIAL FROM PIT WHEN HE HIT A HOLE, CAUSING HIM TO BE BOUNCED AND JARRED. THISRESULTED IN A PULLED BACK MUSCLE.

August 24, 1996 TN · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Mining Incorporated · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE PLACEMENT OF RAILROAD CARS PRIOR TO BEIGN LOADED. AS HE STARTED TO STEP UP ON THE STEP HE SLIPPED FRACTURING HIS LEFT ANKLE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL AND HIS RIG HT FOOT GO TANGLE DIN THE TRAIN WHEELS, WHICH WRERE SLOWING ROLLIGN BACKWARDS, AND THIS PULLED HIM UNDER THE TRAIN CAR AMPUTATING HIS RIGHT LEG APPROXIMATELY 6" FROM THE HIP.

August 13, 1996 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Mining Incorporated · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PUMP WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE AND OR TENDON.

March 12, 1996 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Tennessee Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LIFTING HEAD SECTION (20') OFF A 36" STATIONARY STACKER BELT, THE UPON SEPARATING ROTATED BECAUSE OF MOTOR AND DRIVE WEIGHT. THE ROTATION CAUSED THE CONVEYOR TO SWING BACK TO WHERE EMPLO YEE WAS ON THE 2ND SECTION OF THE CONVEYOR STRIKING HIM AND CUTTING BOTH EARS, HIS FACE AND BREAKING HIS RIGHT ARM.

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