March 16, 1993
OH · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
POWERED HAULAGE
J & D Mining Inc · Struck by powered moving object
HE WAS CHECKING ON A BLAST HOLE WHEN HE KNEELED DOWN ON ONE KNEE. OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO MOVE A BULK TRUCK TO LOAD ANOTHER ROW OF HOLES. HE CHECKED THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE TRUCK FOR THE LOCATION OF THE MEN. BUT AS HE ENTERED THE TRUCK, INJURED EMPLOYEE MOVED IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK. HE COULD NOT SEE HIM AND HE MOVED THE VEHICLE FORWARD STRIKING HIS LEG WITH THE FRONT TIRE.