EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL FIRE OF AN ENDLOADER WHEN THERE WAS AN APPARANT EXPLOSION WHICH RESULTED IN MUTI PLE BURNS TO THE EMPLOYEE
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Pratt Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
August 12, 1983
WV · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
FIRE
Pratt Mining Company · Fall from machine
EMP WAS OPERATING ENDLOADER WHEN HE FELT HEAT LOOKED BACK AND SAW A BALL OF FIRE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT EMP LEAPED FROM HIS SEAT OUT THE DOOR OF LOADER TO THE GROUND APPROX 2/ FT THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO HIS FOOT
August 12, 1983
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
FIRE
Pratt Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMP WAS TO CONTROL FIRE OF AN ENDLOADER WHEN THERE WAS AN APPARANT EXPLOSION WHICH RESULTED IN BURNS TO THE EMPLOYEE
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