Vesta Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS UNCOUPLING FROM ANOTHER MOTOR WHEN HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BUMPER LATCH AND MOTOR FRAME
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December 5, 1983
PA · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Vesta Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MAN WAS UNCOUPLING WAGONS AND HE HAD HIS RT FOOT ON THE RAIL FLAGGED HIS BUDDY TO MOVE THE WAGONS CAUGHT HIS FOOT UNDER THE WHEEL OF A WAGON
September 16, 1983
PA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Vesta Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
8 TON MOTOR SAFETY CHAIN BROKE & PIN FELL OUT, WHICH HOLDS MOTOR IN PLACE, CAUSING MOTOR TO FALL TO GROUND, INTURN BOLWED 8 TON MOTOR AROUND
May 13, 1983
PA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Vesta Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
MAN WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN IT HIT A BUMP AND JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO THE CANOPY.
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