EMPL LEFT CONTROLS OF COAL DRILL LEAVING DRILL AUGER RUNNING. HE WENT TO FRONT OF DRILL TO MOVE HOSE & REACHED OVER RUNNING AUGER. WHEN HE DID THIS COVERALLS CAUGHT IN RUNNING AUGER CRUSHING A RM. BONE WAS NOT BROKEN BUT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO LIGAMENTS, MUSCLE & NERVES.
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E T R Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
February 26, 1988
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
E T R Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
BOLTING TOP,PIECE OF ROCK BROKE OFF NEXT TO JACK AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF HEAD.
E T R Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
A ROCK FELL ON 4INERS RIGHT HAND. IT MASHED AND BRUISED HIS THUMB.
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