EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BATTERIES WHEN BATTERIES ARCED CAUSED THEM TO EXPLODE INJURING LEFT EYE
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June 20, 1988
VA · Coal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
ELECTRICAL
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
Shenandoah Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current
EMPL WAS CHECKING OUT TRIP UNITS ON UNDERGROUND POWER BOX OUTSIDE BEFORE WE WERE TO TAKE IT UNDERGROUND. HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WIRE ROPE & IT FLIPPED UP INTO CATHEAD & GROUNDED IT FROM PH ASE TO PHASE & BURNED HIS RIGHT HAND. HE CAME BACK & WORKED THREE SHIFTS AFTER HIS ACCIDENT.
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