EMPLOYEE LOWERED DRILLINGHEAD OF ROOF BOLT MACHINE ON THE END OF A ROOF BOLT WHICH LEVERED OVER A ROCK SUDDENLY RAISING AND STRIKING HIS FACE
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May 20, 1983
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Beckley Lick Run Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
April 27, 1983
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Beckley Lick Run Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE OF DECK AND THE MACHINE CAME OFF OF A HUMP AND DROPPED DOWN ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
January 5, 1983
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Beckley Lick Run Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS USING LONG DRILL STEEL TO BOLT HIGH TOP WHEN STEEL BEGAN VIBRATING EMP TRIED TO GRASP STEEL WITH HIS HANDS AND STEEL STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB
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