February 20, 1987
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
G & G Coal & Equipment Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object
THE FOOT PEDAL 2N THE MESCHERT SCOOP TRACTOR STUCK AND CAUSED THE JEEP TO GO OVER THE EMBANKEMENT WHERE THE COAL IS DUMPED. THE DRIVER JUMPED FROM THE TRACTOR WHICH THEN STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK AND KNOCKED HIM3CLEAR. THE DRVER LANDED HARD ON THE GROUND. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED BY MINE PERSONNEL AMBULANCE TRANSFERRED HIM TO HOSPITAL