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January 17, 1991 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
H B & B Equipment Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS ROOF BOLTER HELPER AND HE WAS CLEANING DUST BOX ON BOLTER. A ROCK, 4' X 4' X 3", FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK.

September 13, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Big Caney Contractors Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PIECE OF DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE IN ROOF AND CAUGHT FINGER ON DRILL HEAD OF ROOF BOLT MACHINE.

December 15, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Big Caney Contractors Inc · Struck against stationary object

BUMPED LEFT KNEE ON ROOF DRILL HEAD.

June 20, 1988 UT · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Genwal Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT RAIL SIDING WHILE A WELDER WAS DOING SOME METAL WORK DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES

May 10, 1988 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Genwal Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

HE WAS WELDING ON SHUTTLE CAR AND RECEIVED A FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES

May 22, 1986 UT · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Genwal Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE5CHING FOR BRATTICE, WHILE MINER WAS CLEANING ROADWAY. THE MINER CAUGHT THE BRATTICE AND WOUND IT UP SNAGGING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEG AND TWISTING IT UP INT HE BRATTICE.

July 28, 1985 UT · Coal superintendent MACHINERY
Genwal Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS & DRILL HEAD FELL ON TOP OF HIS FOOT

July 26, 1984 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Genwal Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I,NAME WAS BOLTING LOOSE BROW AFTER IT HAD BEEN SHOT, AND A ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

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