Terry Coal Sales Inc · Struck by powered moving object
OILER ATTEMPTED TO OIL TRAVEL CHAIN WHILE MACHINE WAS WORKING-OPERATOR DID NOT KNOW THAT OILER WAS OFF THE MACHINE. OPERATOR SWUNG MACHINE STRIKING THE OILER.
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Terry Coal Sales Inc · Fall from machine
OPERATOR PULLED MACHINE UP TO THE RAMP LEADING DOWN TO THE BENCH. APPARENTLY HE TOOK THE MACHINE OUT OF TRAVEL, LEAVING IT IN NEUTRAL WITHOUT ENGAGING DIGGING DOGS TO HOLD IT. HE THEN ATTEMPTE D TO SWING THE BOOM WHICH RESULTED IN THE MACHINE MOVING ON ITS OWN. THE MACHINE THEN RAN DOWN OVER THE FACE OF THE CUT AND LANDED ON THE PIT FLOOR. THIS RESULTED IN THE OILER BEING THROWN CL
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