September 15, 1986
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Transcontinental Coal Processing Inc · Struck by falling object
THE EMPLOYEE SA3D HE WAS OPENING DOORS ON RAILROAD CARS IN ORDER TO CLEAN OUT FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM WITHIN. THE SLATE BAR, BEING USED AS A LEVER TO CLOSE DOOR,SLIPPED FROM CAR DOOR STRIKING EM PLOYEE IN LEFT 7OLLAR AREA. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED TO MANAGEMENT. ON 10/3/86, EMMPLOYEE WAS ABSENT FROM WORK. ON 10/7/86, HE REPORTED HE HAD BROKEN COLLAR BONE, BUT, DID NOT KNOW HOW OR WHERE