INJRED WAS OPERATING A LOCOMOTIVE, FOR TRANSPORTATION ONLY, WHEN HE PULLED THE TROLLEY POLE DOWN TO PASS UNDER A PIPE SUSPENDED OVER THE TRACK. INJURED TURNED HIS BACK ON THE DIRECTION OF TRAV EL AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE PIPE.
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April 18, 1985
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Affinity Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
Affinity Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING ROOF BOLTS UP BELT WHEN HE COULD LOAD THEM IN UNITRAC HE LOST HIS BLANACE AND FELL TOWARD BELT AND MISSED THE BELT ROPE WITH HICH PULLED HIS FINGER.
Affinity Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED WAS REACHING FOR TOOLBOX WAS SITTING ON AND OF MINE CAR WHEN MINE CAR MOVED FORWARD CAUSING WHEEL TO ROLL ONTO INJUREDS FOOT
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