Mountaineer Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
FACE WAS BEING CUT WHEN IT (FACE) FELL IN PULLING ROCK BETWEEN BOLTS. ROOF BOLTS SWUNG THE ROCK INTO THE MINER CANOPY AND IT BROKE AND WENT IN ON THE EMPLOYEE.
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March 12, 1993
VA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Mountaineer Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS A BELT AT A TAIL PIECE WITH THE BELT STILL RUNNING AND FELL ON THE BELT CONVEYOR AND WAS RAN ACROSS THE DISCHARGE BOOM.
October 4, 1990
VA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Mountaineer Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
SHOVELING #3 BELT WHEN ROCK FELL OFF BELT ONTO RIGHT HAND.
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