CHAIN COUPLING ON MINER BETWEEN SPEED REDUCER & PUMP AND WELDED CHAIN. THERE WAS ANGLE IRON TIED TO PRESSURE HOSE. WHEN OPERATOR STARTED MINER. IT THROWED ANGLE IRON INTO FACE OF ELECTRICIAN C UTTING HIM UNDER THE RIGHT EYE REQUIRING STITCHES.
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Dan-Dyster Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
December 21, 1988
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Dan-Dyster Corp · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN DRILL STEEL WENT THROUGH A CRACK A PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED FROM THE TOP AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON BACK AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN. HURTING HIS BACK.
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