J & B Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
DRAW ROCK PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN PINS STRIKING TRACTOR OPERATOR ON RIGHT SHOULDER. FRACTURED FIBULA BONE.
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July 10, 1990
TN · Coal
gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
J & B Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FALL OUT OF THE TOP BEHIND THE OPERATOR LANDING ON THE BOTTOM ON IT EDGE AND FALL INTO THE OEPRATOR HITTING HIM IN THE BACK AND PUSHED HIM INTO THE MACHINE'S SMALL CONTROL PANEL BOARD AND PANIC BAR, PINNING HIM BETWEEN MACHINE ADN ROCK, WHICH RESULTED IN BREAKING HIS BACK, RIBS AND PUNCTURING A LUNG.
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