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August 9, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Top Flite Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE ATRS JACK WAS EXTENDED WHEN THE OPERATOR LOWERED THE BOOM HIS R HAND BECAME FOULED BETWEEN THE SHIELD AND A VALVE

July 17, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Top Flite Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS BOLTING 2 HEADING. PLACE WAS SLANTING TO THE LEFT. MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK THE BOLTER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLACE. HE WAS OPERATING THE BOLTER FROM THE DECK. THE MAN S LEFT FOOT WAS OVER THE EDGE OF THE DECK. THE BOLTER SLID TO THE LEFT CATHING HIS TOE UNDER THE SIDE OF THE BOLTER.

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