July 16, 2001
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Dally Slate Company · Struck by falling object
WORK CREW IN THE PIT WERE MOVING A QUARRY SAW WHEN THE ARM OF THE SAW STRUCK THE HIGWALL CAUSINGA PIECE OF SLATE ~10' X 8" X 4" TO DISLODGE. IT FELL AND GLANCED OF THE HARD HAT OF THE INJURED WORKER, STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER, BREAKING THE SCAPULAL BONE.