SETTING WHEEL UNIT ON CAT 992C WHEEL LOADER WITH A BOOM TRUCK. INJURED WAS ALIGNING THE WHEEL UNIT WITH THE STUDS ON 992C LOADER. WHEEL UNIT SLIPPED ONTO THE STUDS BEFORE INJURED COULD MOVE RIGHT THUMB. HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS CRUSHED BY WHEEL UNIT.
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December 4, 1993
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodiak Mining Company · Struck by falling object
June 22, 1992
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Victor Contracting Corp · Struck by falling object
EE WAS CLEANING AROUND THE WALL ON A STRIP MINE, A ROCK FELL AND CAUGHT HIM ON THE LEFT UPPER HIP AND LEFT LOWER LEG.
Victor Contracting Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BENT OVER TO HOOK UP FLIGHT AUGER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
August 9, 1990
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Victor Contracting Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MASHED RIGHT RING FINGER BY A PIECE OF METAL.
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