Crew was attempting to tram the Highwall Miner while victim in fork loader observed the trailing cable. From the confines of the loader 25 feet away a piece of metal from the Highwall Miner track flew through the slightly opened side glass of the loader striking the employee and causing employee to lose vision in left eye.
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March 7, 2018
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Commonwealth Mining, LLC · Struck by flying object
Commonwealth Mining, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE was attempting to install anchor pin and pin moved and mashed left pinkie finger between anchor pin and the Highwall Mine removing it at the first joint.
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