EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN THE PULL ROPE ATTACHED TO THE MINER CABLE BROKE. EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROPE AND MINER.
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Quality Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Quality Energy Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE (ELECTRICIAN) WAS CUTTING A 5/8" STEEL ROPE WHEN TORCH SLIPPED & BURNED KNUCKLE OF LEFTHAND ABOVE INDEX FINGER.
October 27, 1990
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
MACHINERY
Quality Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A TIRE WHEN WHILE INFLATING THE TIRE, THE SAFETY RIM CAME OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD.
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