Sumate Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS BOLTING ROOF IN #7 RIGHT BREAK. HE LOWERED THE CANOPY AND IT STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK.
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August 14, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Sumate Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
ROOF BOLT OPERATOR WENT INBY AN OPEN BRK. TO BOLT THE FACE WHICH HAD 3 ROWS OF BOLTS INBY BREAK. THE OPERATOR GOT OUT OF THE DECK TO SET THE ATRS WHEN THE ROCK FELL FROM THE INBY CORNER OF THE BREAK STRIKING THE OPERATOR.
June 1, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Sumate Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP ROOF BOLT PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL HIT HIM ON HEAD AND KNOCKING HIM INTO BOLTER.
February 27, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Sumate Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MAN WAS BACKING ROOF BOLTER OUT OF #3 ENTRY AND BACKED INTO 4 WHEELER PORTA-BUS. HE HAD RIGHT FOOT OUT OF BOLTER DECK AND MASHED HIS FOOT WHEN HE BUMPED 4 WHEELER.
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