Dotco Energy Company Inc · Struck by falling object
MINE OPERATOR WAS TRAMMIGN MINE RTO FACE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON LEG AND HIP WITH THE RETRAINING CLAMP AND MIEN CABLE.
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June 16, 1994
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Dotco Energy Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE FLETCHER SINGLE HEAD ROOF BOLTER IN #6 ENTRY WHEN A HYDRAULIC HOSE RUPTURED SPRAYING HYDRAULIC OIL OVER HIS FACE AND IN HIS EYES, CAUSING IRRITATION & BURNING TO THE EYES AND FACE. THE HOT OIL DID BLISTER A SPOT OVER THE LEFT EYE BROW. HE RECEIVED PROMPT MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM EMT AND FINISHED HIS SHIFT.
March 9, 1994
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Dotco Energy Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR CAUGHT LEFT WRIST IN BETWEEN TOP AND DRILL POT. BROKE BONE IN WRIST.
July 13, 1989
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Dotco Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
HE WAS INSTALLING 3/4 X 48 REBUR BOLTS IN 001 SECTION. WHILE BENDING BOLT TO PUSH IT UP INTO THE HOLE, HE FELT A TEARING IN HIS ABODOMEN.
September 12, 1986
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
MACHINERY
Dotco Energy Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS HELPING 7HE REPAIRMAN WELD BRACKETS ON THE CUTTER BOOM OF THE 14-4CM JOY MINER HE WAS USING A GRINDER TO PREPARE THE METAL SURFACE FOR WELDING, WHEN T HE GRINDER KICKED BACK, CUTTING HI M BEHIND THE LE0T EAR.
December 5, 1983
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Dotco Energy Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE CREW WAS LOADING I-BEAM STEEL ONTO A FLAT BED TRUCK, JUDE WAS HOOKING THE CHAIN INPLACE & JOHN CASSADY WAS OPERATING THE EXCAVATOR(WHICH WAS WHAT THEY WERE USING TO LOAD THE STEEL)JUDE WAS RELOCATING THE CHAIN ON THE STEEL WHEN HE LOOKED UP AT CASSADY WHO THOUGHT THAT JUDE WAS SIGNALING HIM TO RAISE THE STEEL BEAM, JUDES FINGER WAS STILL RESTING ON THE CHAIN WHICH WHEN THE CHAI
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