SCOOP WHILE ROU3DING A CURVE STRUCK THE RIB ON THE OFF SIDE CAUSING THE MACHINE TO STOP IMMEDIATELY. THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN INTO A HEADLIGHT MOUNTED IN THE DECK CAUSING A BLOW TO HIS MOUTH AN D TEETH. THE VI7TIM VISTED A DENTIST THE FOLLOWING DAY.
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Low Vein Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
Dorothy Mae Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING SCOOP AND THE ACCELERATOR HANG HE RAN INTO A STOPPING
May 19, 1984
VA · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Dorothy Mae Coal Company · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BELT TAKE UP BY PULLING WITH THE END LOADER THE WIRE ROPE BROKE AND THE END CAME BACK STRIKING I.NAME IN HIS LEFT FOOT. HIS ANKLE WAS BROKEN
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