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2000–2026
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January 21, 2002 AR · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hartshorne Carbon Company · Struck by falling object

EE STARTED DRILLING A BOLT HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF COAL/SHALE SLID DOWN DRILL STEEL HITTING HIS WRIST. PIECE MEASURED APPROX 2' X 2' X 16" THICK.

December 26, 2001 AR · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hartshorne Carbon Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION WHEN STARTING A BOLT IN A HOLE C/W RESIN CARTRIDGE. PROBABLY DID NOT HAVE DRIVER ON BOLT HEAD BEFORE APPLYING THRUST CAUSING THE TWO TO THRUST APART AND PINCH HIS T HUMB.

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