May 11, 1990
VA · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Black Widow Collieries Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE INJURED MAN HAD PUT A SHOT OFF AND HIS SHOOTING CABLE WAS CAUGHT. WHILE TRYING TO PULL HIS CABLE FREE, THE RIB WHERE HE WAS STANDING ROLLED OVER ON HIS RIGHT LEG BREAKING HIS FEMUR BONE.