MINER OPERATOR WAS CUTTING COAL FROM THE BOTTOM UPWARDS AND WHEN THE RIPPER HEAD SUMPED INTO THE ROCK MIDDLEMAN IT CAUSED THE MINER TO BUCK AND THROW HIM UP INTO THE CANOPY INJURING HIS NECK A ND BACK.
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Peter Cave Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
February 3, 1988
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company · Struck by falling object
PUTTING CURTAIN BLOCK UP AND WHEN RELEASED A.T.R.S. FROM TOP A PIECE OF SLATE FEEL FROM TOP APPROX. 7'8"LONG BY 19" WIDE 3' TO 10" THICK WITH A PIECE STRIKING HISLEFT HAND CAUSING LACERATION N EXT TO THUMB.
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