EE IS AN EMPLOYEE OF AAA MINE SERVICE. IT WAS REPORTED EE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT METAL AND THE TORCH KEPT GOING OUT. EE BELIEVES GAS ESCAPED INTO GLOVE AND IGNITED BURNING LEFT HAND.
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New Horizons Coal Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
November 20, 2001
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
New Horizons Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO TIGHTEN A NUT ON A SHAFT OF PICK BREAKER WHEN THE FLASH BOARD MOVEDBACK CATCHING THE BOTTOM PORTION OF HIS R. INDEXFINGER BETWEEN THE SPLASH BOARD AND THE NUT.
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