ROOF BOLTER HELPER WAS RELIEVING OUT OPERATOR DURING DINNER BREAK. WAS PULLING UP BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON ATRS OPERATING LEVERS AND DISENGAGED ATRS AND COLLAPSED IT ON OPERATORS BACK BRUISING AND STRAINING IT.
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Brent Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
Brent Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
WAS MOVING COAL DRILL FROM PLAC TO PLACE AND BOOM OF DRILL HIT ROOF AND JARRED ROCK LOOSE AND FELL ON SHOULDER & ARM.
October 1, 1985
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Brent Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE OPERATING3ROOF BOLTER MACHINE HE TRAMED IT UP ON HIS FEET AND BRUSIED HIS LEG.
November 6, 1984
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Brent Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
LOOSE ROOF FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS, APPROXIMATELY 3" THICK, 15" WIDE, 28" LONG. HIT VICTIM ON SHOULDER AND BACK.
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