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May 18, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING UP PINS ON ROOF BOLT GOT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN BOOM AND ATRS BREAKING WRIST

October 17, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR HAD HIS HAND ON THE CONTROL KNOBS OF THE PINNER. HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE PINNER.

May 29, 1985 VA · Coal MACHINERY
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL PINNING TOP WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN SAFETY JACKS.ROCK STRUCK EMPL ON LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT HIP AREA.

October 1, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE MOVING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE EMP CARELESLY LET MACHINE RUN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT

June 9, 1984 VA · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator MACHINERY
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WE HAD MINER BLOCK UP FOR REPAIR I.NAME WAS INSTALLING BLOCK UNDER STAB JACK WHEN HE SAID HE WAS READY TO LIFT MINER WHILE HAVING INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TWO CRIB BLOCKS

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