Girdner Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
EE WAS OPERATING TRACTOR LOADING COAL AT FACE. WHEN WHOULDER STRUCK ROOF BOLT HEAD. SEAM HEIGHT IS 24". ROOF BOLT PLATE WAS FIRMLY AGAINST ROOF. EE WAS LAYING ON HIS SIDE.
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Girdner Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING TRACTOR TO SURFACE AT EN DOF SHIFT. WHIEL TRAMMING, NDER A PUMP DISCHARGE LINE, HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT IN THE LINE AS HE WAS LIFTING IT FOR ADDITIONAL CLEARANCE WEDGING HIS WRIST AND ELBOW BETWEEN THE MINE ROOF AND TRACTOR FRAME. SEAM HEIGHT OF THIS MINE IS 24".
November 18, 1995
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
POWERED HAULAGE
Girdner Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MESCHER TRACTOR WITH HAND LAYING ON TOP OF POST ON TIMBER KNOCKER. OEPRATOR RAN OVER A ROCK IN ROADWAY CAUSING SCOOP TO BOUNCE CATCHIN GHAND & FINGER BETWEEN POST & MIN E ROOF, CUTTING 2ND FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. COAL SEAM HT. 24".
September 13, 1995
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Girdner Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A SCOOP BUCKET AT THE END OF SHIFT. OPERATOR MADE A WRONG TURN AND RAN INTO THE TAILPIECE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HEAD AGAINST BACK OF SCOOP BUCKET. EMPLOYEE CAME TO WORK THE FOLLOWING MORNING COMPLAINING OF STIFFNESS AND SORENESS IN NECK AND HEAD.
Girdner Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING THE FACE AREA WITH LOAD OF COAL. RAN OVER A BLOCK OF COAL BOUNCING THE MESCHER TRACTOR INTO THE ROOF. STEERING WHEEL STRUCK A METAL STRAP, JERKING IT FROM OPERATORS HAND WHERE THE HANDLE STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS HAND.
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