EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PICE OF DRAW ROCK BROKE OUT OF BETWEEN THE LAST ROOF BOLT AND THE SAFETY JACKS HITTING HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.
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June 26, 1989
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Mc Clair Mining Corp · Struck by falling object
January 17, 1989
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Mc Clair Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HELPING O N ROOF BOLTER WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN FOOLR BOLTER STEEL TWISTING AND BREAKING L. LITTLE FINGER.
Mc Clair Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM WAS LIFTING SAFETY JACK OFF OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN IT SLIPPED HITTING HIM OVER LEFT EYE.
October 27, 1986
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Mc Clair Mining Corp · Struck by falling object
A PIECE OF ROCK3HIT HIS EYE, WE SERVICED THE PINNER, WHEN HE STARTED THE HEAD TO ROTATE A PIECE OF ROCK HIT HIM IN THE EYE
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