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April 26, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOF BOLTER HAD INSTALLED FIRST ROW HAD PUT ONE BOLT IN SECOND ROW ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP HIT FINGER ON LEFT HAND CUT FINGER OFF

December 1, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK DISLODGED 0ROM BETWEEN BOLTS ALREADY INSTALLED FALLING ON HAND OF OPERATOR

November 25, 1986 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS MOVING M3NER HE SPLIT THE CATS THE MINER PINNED HIM AGTAINST THE RIB

June 30, 1986 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GREASING TRUCK 4ITH AIR GREASE GUN QUIT OPERATING WENT & CHECKED GUN & CAUGHT TIPS OF 3RD & 4TH FINGER IN GREASE TUB AIR PISTON CUT FINGERS OFF AT 1ST KNUCKLE.

March 11, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS DRI5LING TOP WHEN ROCK AROUND DRILL STEEL FELL OUT HITTING PINNER ABND SMALL PIECE BROKE OFF AND BOUNCED HITTING OPERATOR IN ARM ARM WAS BRUISED AND BONE CRACKED JACKS HAD BEEN SE T ROOF HAD BEEN3VISUALLY CHECKED AND SOUNDED

January 10, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN HAD SCALED 9OCK IN FACE AREA PRIOR TO BOLTING DURING HIS BOLTING PROCEDURE HE TRAMMED. HIS PINNER FORWARD WITH OUT RAISING UP HIS STAB JACK. JACK SHOVED ROCK AGAINST HIS KNEE AND BRUISED I

November 26, 1985 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED MAN WAS3ATTEMPTING TO PULL CABLE OFF OF A BELT TAKEUP WHEN HE GRABBED CABLE AT SHIR WHEEL THE TAKEJERK WAS OPERATED THE WRONGDIRECTION & THE VICTIMS HAND WAS PULLED AGAINST WHEEL MAN O PERATING TAKE-U1 DIDNT KNOW THE MAN HAD HIS HAND ON STEEL CABLE THE INJURED MANS FINGERS WERE SMASHED

October 31, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

PINNER WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPIN GLUE BOLT AND WRENCH SLIPPED ON BOLT HEAD WHILE ROTATION WAS ON AND A PIECE OF METAL WENT IN MAN EYE.

July 10, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT RIGHT KNEE BETWEEN PINNER AND RIB.

April 8, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON ARM

March 20, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SUBJ ROOFBOLTING #5 R BREAK HAD COMPLETED 1 ROW WAS MOVING BACK TO LEFT SIDE OF PLACE TO BOLT 2ND ROW.CONTROL LEVER HUNG PINNING OPERATOR INTO RIB AT HIPS.

January 30, 1985 VA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CUTTER CABLE HUNG ON REEL AND I.NAME JERKED CABLE AND PULLED CHEST MUSCLE.

January 2, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL AROUND ROOF JACK.

November 16, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUSHED STEEL IN BOLTER UP ON FINGER.

November 9, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN JACKS

September 18, 1984 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS MOVING MINER AS A RESULT OF NORMAL MINING CYCLE FROM #1 ENTRY TO #3 ENTRY WHEN OPERATOR SPLIT CATS ON MINER TO SQUARE UP WITH #3 ERNTRY HE PINNED BOTH LEGS BETWEEN MINER & RIBS.

July 18, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED HAD ARM ON BOLTER AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON ARM

June 27, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT GLOVE ON DRILL STEEL WHILE BOLTING TOP

March 13, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM WAS DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL A BOLT THROUGH A 6 IN X 8 IN COLLAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIS FINGER. THE ROCK APPARENTLY WAS LAYING ON THE COLLAR AND THE VIBRATION CAUSED IT TO FALL.

February 14, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carrie Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOFBOLTER WAS CHANGING DRILL STEEL. EE HAS LEFT FINISHER PIECE IN ROOF HE WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE STEEL WHEN THE FINISHER FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS LEFT THUMB.

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