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1983–2026
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May 7, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Pace Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS BOLTING ROOF IN #4 ENTRY USING A FLETCHER MODEL RR I-13 ROOF BOLTER. HE HAD DRILLED THE STARTER HOLE APPROX. 15" DEEP AND WAS TRYING TO PUT HIS FINISHING STEEL INTO THE HOLE BY USING TH E BOLTER HEAD AND FORCING THE FINISHER INTO THE HOLE WITH THE PUSHER STEEL. THE TWO PIECES OF STEEL SUDDENLY SNAPPED TOGETHER AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AT THE POINT WHERE THE TWO PIECE

December 18, 1989 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
Pace Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IN #3 HEADING HE STATED THAT THE DRILL THRUST LEVER JAMMED WHILE HE WAS PUSHING THE ROOF BOLT IN THE HOLE & CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE HEAD O F THE MACHINE & THE ROOF THE INJURED RECEIVED MUTIPLE FRACTURES TO THE LEFT HAND

April 18, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Pace Energies Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING 48 INCH RESIN ROOF BOLTS WITH A L ONG AIRDOX MODEL LRB 15A ROOF BOLTER IN NO. 10 ENTRY. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE AND PUSHING HIM INTO T HE ROOF BOLTER.3

June 25, 1985 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Pace Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GOT RT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN OPERATORS SEAT AND REAR WHEEL OF MACHINE MINOR ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS TO RT ARM

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