Coal Extraction LLC · Struck by falling object
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING OVERHEAD WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT BECAME LODGED IN HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
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July 19, 2004
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Coal Extraction LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRILL STEEL CAME LOOSE & HIT EE'S LEFT FOREARM
January 9, 2003
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Compac Inc · Struck against a moving object
THE EE WAS TRYING TO LOOSE A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS EMBEDDED. AS HE WAS PUSHING ON IT WITH THE DOZER BLADE HE GOT ENOUGH PRESSURE ON THE ROCK TO LIFT THE REAR OF THE DOZER OFF OF THE GROUND APPRO XIMATELY 2 TO 3 FEET. THE ROCK BUSTED AS HE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE AND THE REAR OF THE DOZER FELL. HE WAS WEARING SEAT RESTRAINTS.
Highwall Energy Company · Flash burns (welding)
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WELDING AT THE SAME TIME ON METAL BOXES. SOMETIME DURING THIS PERIOD ONE EMPLOYEE BURNT HIS EYES.
Highwall Energy Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
EE WAS CUTTING ON A PIECE OF METAL WITH A SET OFTORCHES AND THE METAL POPPED AND A PIECE WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS LT. EYE.
Surface Minerals Company · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A SET OF TORCHES AND A PIECE OF RUST POPPED AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
Hokie Mining Company · Flash burns (welding)
EE WAS WELDING A HAND RAIL ON A 777 CAT HAULER &BURNT HIS EYES.
March 12, 2001
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Hokie Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CUTTING TIMBER IN FRONT OF THE HOKIE#7 STRIP & HE CUT A TREE THAT HAD GRAPE VINES IN IT& WHEN THE TREE FELL, THE VINES CAUSED THE TREE TO FALL THE WRONG DIRECTION & HIT THE EE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD KNOCKING HIM HEADFIRST INTO A TREE STUMP
Hokie Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING & THE DRILL STEEL CAME OUTOF IT'S HOLDER & HE PUSHED ON IT WITH HIS SHOULDER & INJURED HIS SHOULDER.
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