Potomac Coal Company · Flash burns (welding)
FLASHED EYE WITH AIR ARC.BOTH EYES COVERED.
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May 11, 1990
WV · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
MACHINERY
Potomac Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH GOVERNOR OF GAS WELDER WHILE MANUALLY MOVING GOVERNORROD EMPLOYEES HAND SLIPPED OFF ROD & WAS STRUCK BY THE RADIATOR FAN FAN STRUCK EMPLOY EES FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION
Potomac Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN CUTTING TILE WHEN HE STOPPED AND TOOK OFF HIS CUTTING GOGGLES.WHEN HE RESUMED CUTTING,HE PUT HIS GOGGLES BACK ON NOR KNOWING A PICE OF TILE FRAGMENT WAS IN THEM.WHEN HE PUT T HE GOGGLES BACK ON,THE TILE FRAGMENT FELL INTO HIS EYE.
August 9, 1987
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Potomac Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WORKING ON COAR8E COAL VESSEL WITH HAND GRINDER,IT KICK BACK CAUSING GRINDER TO STRIKE HIS LEFT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE.
July 25, 1983
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Potomac Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE EMP CLIMBED INTO DRAG CHAIN FOR WASHER ANOTHER EMP ACCIDENTLY BUMPED THE SWITCH STARTING THE CHAIN WHICH CAUGHT MR REELS RIGHT FOOT
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