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August 20, 1999 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Crystal Bay Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SPOTTING BOLTS TO PIN TOP, WHEN ROCKS FELL OUT AROUND BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

August 20, 1999 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Crystal Bay Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING BOLTER MAN IN SPOTTING BOLTS, WHEN ROCKS FELL OUT AROUND BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE AND BODY.

August 27, 1998 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Crystal Bay Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SETTING PINNER STEEL, WHEN IT BROKE AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

August 10, 1998 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hollow Point Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER & SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP & STRUCK HIS HARD HAT AND LEFT NECK CAUSING A SLIGHT CONCUSSION & CONTUSION TO HIS LEFT NECK

May 9, 1998 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Crystal Bay Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SETTING PINNER STEEL, WHEN PINNER STEEL BROKE & CUT HIS LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER.

February 26, 1998 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hollow Point Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LN243 ROOF BOLTER IN #4 RIGHT BREAK WHEN HE SET THEA.T.R.S. A ROCK BECAME DISLODGED FROM THE TOP AND SLID DOWN THE BOOM, STRIKING HIS LEGS.

December 29, 1997 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hollow Point Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTER WHENA SMALL PIECE OF ROCK BECAME DISODGED FROM TOP AND EE JUMPED OUTOF WAY AND SPRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

September 3, 1997 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Grand Canyon Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROOF DRILL WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT CAME ENTANGLED WITH THE DRILL BOOM & ATRS OF THE BOLTER, CAUSING A CARPAL FRACTURE TO HIS FIRST & SECOND TOES ON HIS LEFT F OOT.

August 4, 1997 VA · Coal apprentice, trainee MACHINERY
Grand Canyon Mining Company · Struck by falling object

YEE WAS OPERATING THE OFFSIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTER AND AS HE LET THE ATRS DOWN FROM THE TOP. A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS ALREADY INSTALLED AND HIT HIS SMALL LEFT FINGER. FIN GER HAD TO BE AMPUTATED AT 1ST JOINT.

July 21, 1997 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
Grand Canyon Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER DRILLING TOP TO INSTALLA ROOF BOLT WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BENT UNDER THE MUD PRESSURE STRIKING HIS RIGHT ARM AND FRACTURING A BONE IN HIS WRIST.

June 11, 1997 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Grand Canyon Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER. WHEN HE TURNED TO PICK UP A BOLT AND PLATE, A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS ALREADY INSTALLED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT.

May 23, 1996 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Grand Canyon Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE AND EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF ROC FROM A BROW WHEN IT TURNED LOOSE, SLIDING DOWN PULL BAR CUTTING HIS LEFT FOREARM.

May 24, 1995 VA · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator MACHINERY
Grand Canyon Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A HAULER WHILE THE OUTSIDE PERSON WAS LOADING A PAN FOR A MINER, WHEN A CHAIN CAME LOOSE AND THREW A LOOSE BOLT IN THE RT SIDE OF HIS FACE.

September 19, 1994 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Grand Canyon Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING THE OPERATOR SIDE OF THE TD-243 ROOFBOLTER, WHEN A ROCK 6"X 4"FELL FROM THE TOP AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RT HAND.

April 11, 1994 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Black Chariot Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BOLTING TOP & ROCK FELL & HIT LEFT SHOULDER ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS

August 24, 1993 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Black Chariot Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONVEYOR CHAIN CAME OUT OF GUIDES OF MINER & HIT LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING BRUISE. NOT REPORTABLE?

June 16, 1993 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Black Chariot Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BOLTING TOP AND SMALL ROCK FELL AND HIT RIGHT SHOULDER ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS.

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