Smoot Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPL WAS LOAIDNG COAL INTO SHUTTLE CAR WITH CONTINUOUS MINER SHUTTLE CAR BUMPED DECK OF MINER CAUSING EMPL HAEAD TO STRIKE TOP INJ NECK.
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November 20, 1990
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
MACHINERY
Smoot Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED WAS WORKING ON THE CONVEYOR CHAIN ON THE MINER WHEN THE MINER BOOM SLIPPED AND PINNED HIM BETWEEN THE MINER BOOM AND THE ROOF.
Smoot Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HE WAS OPENING THE SECOND SET OF DOORS ON THE TRACK WHILE THE FIRST SET WAS OPEN. HE HAD OPENED ONE SIDE OF THE SECOND SET OF DOORS AND WAS PROCEEDING TO OPEN THE OTHER SIDE WHEN THE AIR ON TH E TRACK ENTRY CAUGHT THE DOOR, CAUSING IT TO COME CLOSED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT AND RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.
May 6, 1988
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Smoot Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME WAS OPERATING A HAND DRILL SETTING RIB BOARDS ON 3RD RT.SECTION WHEN HE REINJURED HIS BACK REOCCURANCE OF INJURY OF 031487
February 19, 1988
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Smoot Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME WAS SETTING ROOF BOLTS AND HAD HIS FINGER OVER BOLT PLATE WHILE PUSHING BOLT UP TO TOP. 3RD RIGHT SECTION.
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