BOLT BROKE IN LEVELING ARM ALLOWING ARM TO FALL.OPERATOR HAD HAND LAYING ON DRILL POT AND WHEN ARM HIT IT, IT CUT TIP OF FINGER OFF ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
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July 18, 1995
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Cross Roads Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
September 23, 1992
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Cline Brothers Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF SUPPORT A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN 2 ROOF BOLTS AND HIT INJURED ON BACK AND LEFT FOOT.
November 8, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Cherry Point Coals Inc · Struck by falling object
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS A PIECE OF ROCK FELL IN FRONT OF THE ATRS & KICKED BACK & HIT I NAME I NAME ON LEG THROWING HIM INTO THE PIN MACHINE HURTING HIS LEG & ARM INSPECTOR WAS ON THE JOB WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED NO VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND
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