PINNER STEEL HAD STOPPED UP. EE WAS STRIKING HIS STEEL WITH HIS BOLT WRENCH. THE BOLT WRENCH BOUNCED BACK AND STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH.
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October 5, 1989
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Skeens Fork Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Skeens Fork Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
FLEX BOARD GUARD ON MINER BOOM HAD BROKE.THE INJURED REPAIRED IT.HE WAS STANDING ON THE OFF SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR BOOM AND TOLD THE MINER OPERATOR TO SWING THE BOOM.WHEN THE OPERATOR SWUNG THE BOOM THE INJUREDS LEG WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BOOM AND THE BOOM STOP ON THE BACK OF THE MINER.
September 16, 1987
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Skeens Fork Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLED CARTLIAG9 IN KNEE WHILE PINNING
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