Employee had turned off the feeder, pulled rock up on the side of feeder, then turned the feeder back on. Employee then reached up to pull the rock over to bust it up and a rock flipped up and hit a finger.
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December 26, 2017
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Reliant Contracting, LLC · Struck by flying object
October 14, 2005
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
L & E Contracting Inc · Struck by falling object
Tigming up belt entry toward miner timber fall into dekc pinning left arm against from of shuttle car.
June 11, 2001
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Grace Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DRIVE CAR AND HIT A HOLE, BOUNCED AND HURT HIS HIP.
March 22, 2001
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Grace Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR, RAN OVER ROCK, HE WAS THROWN UP TO TOP OF CANOPY, PINNED HIS NECK DOWNWARD AND HURT HIS BACK.
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