WHILE STANDING IN COAL CHUTE WAITING FOR COAL CARS TO ARRIVE INJURED WAS STRUCK ON NOSE BY AIRBORNE PIECE OF COAL.HIS PARTNER WAS STRIKING LARGE COAL LUMP WITH SLEDGE HAMMER IN ADJACENT SLANT APPROX 10 FT AWAY.
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September 12, 1989
PA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baylor Rush Inc · Struck by flying object
July 20, 1989
PA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baylor Rush Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS INVOLVED IN LOADING OPERATIONS AT FACE BATTERY.WHILE PRYING A LARGE LUMP OF COAL WHICH HAD JAMMED IN THE DRAW HOLE,THE BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT LEG ABOV E THE KNEE.A DEEP PUNCTURE WOUND OF THE RIGHT LEG RESULTED.
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