VICTIM WAS USING CUTTING TORCH WHEN SPARK IGNITED RIGHT GLOVE ON INSIDE. WHEN VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE GLOVE HOT TORCH CAME IN CONTACT WITH WRIST CAUSING BURN ON RT WRIST.
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November 18, 1989
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Agipcoal Usa Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
March 16, 1985
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Enoxy Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object
WHILE OPERATING A DOZER THE INJURED HIT A LARGE ROCK & WAS JERKED- RT SHOULDER MUSCLE SPASMS.
Enoxy Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object
INDIVEDAL WAS HEATING SHOBEL BUCKET, HE RAISED UP STRIKING HEAD ON DOOR.
Enoxy Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HAD PLACED HAND ON RAILING OF DRILL TO MOUNT WHEN DUST CURTAINS WERE BEING LET DOWN BY HYD SYSTEM AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN RAILING AND CURTAIN ROD
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