EE WAS ON DRILL. SAW A SPROCKET SEGMENT THAT HAD FALLEN OFF A D-11 DOZER. STOPPED AND PICKED IT UP. HURT LOWER BACK. PINCHED NERVE, POSSIBLE RUPTURED DISC.
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Progressive Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
June 25, 1996
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Progressive Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE HAD CLIMBED IN SCRAPER TO START FRONT ENGINE. HE WAS CLIMBING OUT TO START REAR ENGINE. DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS HAND.
May 6, 1994
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS HLEPING MECHANIC INSTALL ROLLER ON D-10 DOZER. HE DROPPED A ROLELR ON RIGHT FOOT.
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