August 3, 1983
WV · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Slab Fork Coal Company · Struck by flying object
A SERVICE CO (APPALACHIAN TIRE CO) HAD REPAIRED TWO TIRES FOR SLAB FORK COAL CO THEY WERE PICKED UP BY THE COMPANY UPON ARRIVING BACK AT PLANT INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING TIRES FROM PICKUP TRUCK EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIRE ON GROUND IT DROPPED ABOUT A FOOT TO THE GROUND AND EXPLODED ON IMPACT RIM STRUCK EMPLOYEE ACROSS BOTH LEGS KNOCKING HIM ABOUT 6FT