Employee was using a handheld chain ratchet set to hold one side of a pre-wet shaker screen as EE was changing a feed end spring on the shaker. In the process of changing the spring, the hook broke on the ratchet set resulting in the employee's hand to get caught between the spring.
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January 25, 2023
VA · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
October 6, 2017
VA · Coal
clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was using a metal pipe to dislodge material from a sweeper truck and caught middle left finger between pipe and a fender on truck.
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