Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
Employee was fabricating steel bars for a breaker when a piece of steel lodged in his right eye.
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Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Excavator operator was cleaning along the high wall when a large piece of rock was dislodged and rolled into the cab pinning the operator in the cab for a period of 2 hrs and 47 minutes. Victim suffered a serious injury to the neck.
January 17, 2003
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE HAD MADE REPAIRS TO A HEATER MOTOR A 992 C LOADER. HE TURNED THE MOTOR ON AND COULD NOT TELL IT IT WAS RUNNING SO HE STUCK HIS HAND IN THE AREA OF THE FAN WHICH CAUSED LACERATION TO HIS RIG HT HAND.
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
A DRILL STEEL CAME LOOSE AT THE TOP OF THE CAROOSEL AND WHEN TWO EE ATTEMPTED TO PUT IT BACK ANOTHER STEEL CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT WRIST.
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