July 31, 2001
OH · Coal
longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EE HAD JUST ARRIVE AT THE LONGWALL SHEARER AND WAS PREPARING TO CHANGE SOME OF THE BITS ON THE TAIL AND DRUM. HE HAD HIT A COUPLE OF THE BITS, TO LOOSEN THEM, WHEN MATERIALS FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF, STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD, NECK, AND RIGHT SHOULDER. THE MATERIALS WERE A COMBINATION OF ROCK AND COAL AND WAS APPROX. 30" X 36" X 1 1/2" THICK.