A PIECE OF SHALE ABOUT 14" SQAURE AND ABOUT 4" THICK FELL ON THE TRACTOR DRIVER AS HE WAS PULLING SHALE THROUGH SOME OLD WORKS TO GOB. THE SHALE FELL FROM ABOUT 6' AND WAS BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS.
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G & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
August 19, 1988
TN · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
G & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS WIRING UP A SHOT TO TAKE TOP WHEN A SLAB OF SHALE BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK
G & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING READY TO TAMP EXPLOSIVES WHEN TWO PIECES OF ROCK SHALE APPROX 25LB & 200LB FELL FROM ROOF BETWEEN TWO ROLLS OF ROOF BOLTS
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