Pegs Branch Energy Mining Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG CAME UNDER HIS WELDING SHIELD AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
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November 12, 1999
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Pegs Branch Energy Mining Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE #3 HEADING ON THE 002-0 SECTION. HE STARTED INSTALLING THE FIRST BOLT, AND WHILE STILL HOLDING THE ROOF BOLT WITH HIS HAND, HE ACCIDENTLY HIT THE ROTATION LEVER. HIS GLOVE CAUGHT ON THE ROOF BOLT, RESULTING IN AN AMPUTATION OF HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BACK TO THE SECOND JOINT.
October 17, 1998
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Pegs Branch Energy Mining Co. · Struck by falling object
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING FROM A KNEELING POSITION, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS, STRUCK AND BRUISED HIS LEFT CALF MUSCLE.
September 15, 1995
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Pegs Branch Energy Mining Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE OFFSIDE OF A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AND WHEN THE OPERATOR MOVED (TRAMMED) THE MACHINE, IT RAN OVER THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO A BONE IN HIS RIGHT FOOT BUT THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY SCHEDULED DAYS OF WORK OR HAVE RESTRICTED DUTY. EMPLOYEE WAS SCHEDULED TO QUIT AT TH EEND OF HIS SHIFT (3PM) HE DID NTO INTEND TO RETURN T
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