HE WAS OPERAQTING OUR #2 21SC SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE ALLOWED THE OPERATOR'S DECK AREA TO RUB AGAINST THE COAL RIB AND COAL/ROCK FELL ON HIS LOWER LEFT LEG.
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April 26, 1999
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Struck by falling object
Elkhorn Eagle Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MINER WHEN HE RACHED DOWN TO GET THE CABLE BESIDE THE DECK. HE TURNED THE MINER SUDDENLY CAUSING IT TO CATCH HIS THUMB UNDER THE DECK WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO H IS THUMB.
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