EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC WHILE GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL. A FRAGMENT APPARENTLY ENTER HIS EYE AND BECAME EMBEDDED.
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Hansford Coal Company · Struck by flying object
August 11, 1987
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Hansford Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMP WAS GRINDIN1 ON A PIECE OF METAL ON A BENCH, WHEN THE GRINDER CAUGHT THE METAL AND PUSHED IT OFF THE BENCH STRIKING THE EMPLOYEES FOOT
September 12, 1984
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Hansford Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE OPERATING A DOZER WAS BRUSHING A CROP LINE WHEN A TREE LIMB CAME BACK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT THIGH
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