HELPING MECHANIC PUT A SHAFT IN DRAG. PUTTING PILLAR SHAFT UP THROUGH BOTTOM OF A DRAG. MECHANIC HAD PUT A HALF OF A BEARING CUP UP ALONG CABLES TO HELP JACK IN SHAFT. THE BEARING CAP FELL AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE FROTN PART OF THE HEAD.
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Chess Coal Company · Struck by falling object
March 24, 1992
PA · Coal
tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman
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Chess Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HELPING TO SET UP A BARGE TO BE LOADED, BENT OVER TO LIFT THE BARGE MOVER CABLE AND SAID HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
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