MAN WA USING A HYDRALIC HAND DRILL IN THE FACE DRILLING A CUT OF COAL, PREPARING IT TO BE SHOT. HE WA WITH DRAWING THE DRILL AFTER HE HAD DRILLED THE HOLE UP AND HIS ELBOW HIT HIM IN THE RIBS .
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Eric Mining Incoprorated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
November 2, 1988
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Eric Mining Incoprorated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ROOF BOLT HELPER WAS BENDING A RESIN ROD AND PUSHING IT UP IN THE HOLE WHEN HE PULLED ON IT TO STRAIGHTEN IT IT TURNED IN THE HOLE AND THE PLATE CAME AROUND AND HIT HIM IN THE NOSE
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