Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER WHEN A ROCK CAME INSIDE THE CANOPY OVER THE CONTROLS.
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February 8, 1988
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM WAS SITT3NG IN OPERATOR COMPARTMENT OF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN CONTINOUS MINER WAS LOADING SHUTTLE CAR. PIECE OF ROCK WAS LOADED FROM MINER BOOM AND STRUCK VICTIM ON LEFT EAR.
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
RAN OVER ROCK I3 ROADWAY WITH SCOOP AND JOLTED BACK.
August 18, 1987
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM WAS TRAM4ING SCOOP AT SURFACE LOCATION WHEN STRUCK BY TIRE OF FRONT END LOADER WHICH EAS TRAMMING IN REVERSE VICTIM RECEIVED PRACTURE RIB WHEN STRUCK IN BACK BY FRONT END LOADER TIRE.
March 30, 1987
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
POWERED HAULAGE
Amber Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
VICTIM WAS CROS8ING CONVEYOR BELT WHILE IT WAS RUNNING. HE STEPPED ON THE BELT AND WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND. HE STRUCK HIS FOOT AS HE FELL ON THE ANCHOR PIN
March 27, 1987
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
VICTIM WAS PULL3NG A POWER BOX WITH A SCOOP, THE TWO WERE CONNECTED BY A PULL ROPE. WHEN THE POWER BOX BECAME FOULED AGAINST THE RIB THE BOLT CONNECTING THE PULL CABLE TO THE POWER BOX CAME L LOOSE STRIKING 5ICTIM. THE VICTIM WAS TRAMMING THE SCOOP AT TIME OF ACIDENT
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