DRIVER WAS TRYING TO CLOSE TAILGATE WHICH WAS WEDGED OPEN. WHEN DRIVER TRIED TO RELEASE WEDGE HE WAS STRUCK BY TAILGATE IN HEAD AS IT CLOSED.
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August 22, 1989
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E-Town Supply Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
June 2, 1989
WV · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E-Town Supply Company · Struck by flying object
EE WAS UNPLUGGING A HOPPER OF COAL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. A COAL FRAGMENT FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.RESULTING IN HIS LEFT CORNED BEING SCRATCHED.
August 23, 1988
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E-Town Supply Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF BOLT AND RIGHT KNUCKLES WERE CUT.
E-Town Supply Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME WAS INSTALLING A GARAGE DOOR WHILE POUNDING ON A METAL BRACKET A SMALL PIECE OF METAL SHATTERED AND WORKED ITS WAY INTO HIS LEFT EYE
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