MAN WAS CLEANIN1 BELT WITH SHOVEL IN LOW TOP WHEN A BELT SPLICE CAUGHT THE SHOVEL THROWING IT BACK INTO HIS FACE CUTTING HIS FOREHEAD AND BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE
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November 13, 1986
VA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Davis & Whited Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 7, 1986
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Davis & Whited Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMP HAD CAME OU7 SIDE TO SERVICE TRACTOR ABOUT 1 PM & HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO HELP OUTSIDE MAN UNTIL QUITING TIME 2:30 PM. HE WAS BENT OVER USING A PORTABLE GRINDER ON TAIL PIECE, WHEN AT APPRO X 2:20 PM ANOTH9R TRACTOR OPERATOR CAME OUT OF MINE & COMING TOO CLOSE TO MEN WORKING ON TAILPIECE MASHED MANS LEFT ANKLE BETWEEN TAILPIECE & TRACTOR
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