I.NAME WAS OPERATING A FLETCHER BOLT MACHINE, ALL AT ONCE HIS BACK BEGAN TO PAIN, HE DID NOT DO ANYTHING UNUSUAL TO CAUSE AN INJURY, IT KEPT ON HURTING AND HE CAME OUT OF MINES AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR.
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August 13, 1990
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MAN WAS USING PIN TO GUIDE ANGEL DRIVE ON MINER WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED PIN SLIPPED STRIKNG MAN ON LEFT JAW. JAW WAS BROKEN FROM BLOW THAT WAS RECEIVED ON SIDE OF FACE RIGHT WRIST WAS BROKEN WITH WHICH MAN WAS HOLDING BAR.
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