Renee Coal Company Of Virginia · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS GRI3DING METAL TO REPLACE FOOT SHAFT SPROCKET ON CONVEYOR OF C/M WHEN THE GRINDING DISC KICKED OUT & CUT HIM ON THE BACK OF T HE LEFT LEG.
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June 3, 1986
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Renee Coal Company Of Virginia · Fall onto or against objects
INJURED WAS KNE9LING WITH BODY PARALLEL WITH SCOOP SO HE COULD GET BETTER LEVERAGE ON POWER HANDLE AND USE HIS BODY WEIGHT TO TIGHTEN LUG BOLTS. POWER HANDLE SLIPPED OFF LUG BOLT, RELEASING E MPLOYEE WHO FEL5 BACKWARDS TO FLOOR AND IN DOING SO, BACK STRUCK OLD TIRE HE HAD REMOVED FROM SCOOP, CAUSING HIM TO COME TO A STOP AND CREATING A WHIP LIKE MOTION OF HIS NECK.
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