MINER OPERATOR WAS TRAINING HELPER ON OPERATING OF MINER,OPERATOR WALKED BESIDE MINER TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS WHEN HELPER ACCIDENTALLY PRESSED ON TRAM SWITCH,WHICH CAUSED MINER TO SLEW INTO MINER OPERATOR BREAKING HIS ANKLE.
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Tri-J Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object
September 30, 1988
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
POWERED HAULAGE
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMP CRAWLED IN COSE PROXIMITY TO 506 BRIDGE CARRIER OP. TRAMMED MACHINE FORWARD CATCHING EMP L. FOOT UNDER RAWLER TRACK.
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OPERATOR POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN LOW BELT AND CRAWLER AND WAS SQUEEZED IN THE ABDOMINAL AREA.
February 2, 1988
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
POWERED HAULAGE
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by powered moving object
TRAMMED ROOF BOLTER ON RIGHT LEG.
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