Gap Fork Fuels Inc · Struck by flying object
EE WAS HAULING COAL WITH A SCOOP WHEN A LUMP OF COAL WAS THROWN FROM SCOOP TIRE AND STRUCK HIS HAD BEHIOND LEFT EAR.
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Gap Fork Fuels Inc · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS DRIVING 3 WHEEL BUGGY WHEN FRONT TIRE KICKED SIDEWAYS JERKING STEERING OUT OF EE HAND AND KICKING KNOB BACK AGAINST RIGHT HAND AND WRIST BREAKING WRIST IN THE JOINT.
Gap Fork Fuels Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL OPERATING SCOOP WHEN FRONT WHEEL ON OPERATOR SIDE OF SCOOP RAN OVER A MINING CRIB BLOCK.
September 11, 1989
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Gap Fork Fuels Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING AROUND IN THE DECK OF THE SHUTTLE, AND STRUCK THE CANOPY POST WITH THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD.
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