Miller Coal Corp · Fall from machine
RIDING BUGGY TO OUTSIDE WHEN VICTIM STRUCK HSI HEAD ON ROOF OF MINECAUSIN GHIM TO FALL OUT OF BUGGY.
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Miller Coal Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object
VICTIM WAS HELPING MOVE MINER AROUND CORNER WHEN IT CAME AROUND & CAUGHT HIS FOOT (RIGHT) BREAKING IT.
August 12, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SITTING IN FRONT OF SCOOP DIPPER AND SCOOP OPER THOUGHT HE WAS IN REVERSE BUT HE WAS IN FORWARD SO HE JUMPED TO KEEP SCOOP FROM HITTING HIM AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK
May 17, 1984
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Scottie Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS CLEANING THE ROADWAY OUTBY THE MOTOR BARN. THE COAL AND DIRT THAT WAS BEING CLEANED UP WAS COVERING/HIDING THE PIECE OF PIPE. THE PIPE, WHICH WAS ONE INCH BY TWENTY FEET APPROX., W AS FOULED ON ONE END. AS THE SCOOP PUSHED THE COAL AND DIRT, THE PIPE BEGAN TO GET TENSION ON IT. THE PIPE SPRUNG UP OVER THE SCOOP, STRIKING INJURED ACROSS THE NOSE.
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