February 20, 1991
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bentley Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS DUMPING ROCK ONTO FEEDER AND BIG ROCK GOT STUCK AT DISCHARGE END OF FEEDER. THE OPERATOR TURNED OFF THE MACHINE TO MOVE THE ROCK SO IT WOULD GO DOWN THE BELT AND HURT HIS BACK WHILE MOVING ROCK.