PINNER CREW WENT INTO #6 HEADING AND VISUALLY CHECKED AND SOUNDED TO IT LOOKED AND SOUNDED O.K. PINNER HELPER PROCEDED TO SET SAFETY JACKS HAD STARTED TO FIRST JACK WHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FEL L KNOCKING HELPER DOWN AND PINNER OPER. ALSO. ROCK MEASURED 82"X72"X3\-31/2".
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Grace Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
February 13, 1984
VA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Grace Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
VICTIM STATED I WAS GETTING OFF OF SHUTTLE CAR TO GO TO POWER CENTER TO PUT MY BREAKER IN WHEN SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND BEFORE I COULD MOVE, BIGGER PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT ME ON HEAD AN D RIGHT SHOULDER
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