EMPL WAS IN SCOOP BUCKET ON HANDS & KNEES WHEN BUCKET STARTED TO RAISE CAUSING EMPL TO HIT BACK ON ROOF. THEN THE BUCKET STARTED BACK THROWING EMPL OFF INTO A WATER HOLE.
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December 9, 1992
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Mill Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
Mill Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
DRIVING SCOOP-RAN OVER LUMP OF COAL CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO BE JERKED-CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS BACK.
Tackett Branch Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
BACKING SCOOP INTO INTERSECTION HITTING RIB OF COAL WITH OVERHANINGS COAL. PINING HEAD OVER PANIC BAR CUTTING RIGHT FACE ON OVER HANGING COAL.
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