Topper Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EE SAID ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIM ON KNEE, HE WAS WEARING KNEE PROTECTION AT TIME. LEFT KNEE.
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August 4, 1993
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Topper Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ROOF BOLTER HELPER ON OFF SIDE OF BOLTER EMPTING DUST BOXES BOLTER OPERATOR STARTED BOLTER AN STARTED TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER HELPERS FOOT WAS UNDER WHEEL.
August 14, 1989
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Topper Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
I,NAME WAS BOLTING FIRST CUT OUT OF #3 ENTRY THE FIRST BOLT WHEN BOLT DRILL STEEL AND UP PRESSURE HIT A CRACK IN ROOF ROCK CAUSING ROCK TO SLIP OFF ON ATRS AND APRON AND THEN ONTO OPERATOR PIN NING HIM UNDER ROCK & AGAINST THE BOLTER BREAKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM & BRUISING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
September 15, 1988
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
MACHINERY
Topper Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
HE WAS BOLTING TOP, DRILLING TEST HOLE, WHEN DRAW SLATE FELL ABOUT 3' BY 5' HITTING HIM ON SHOULDER, KNOCKING HIM INTO BOLTER HEAD.
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