THE OPER. OF THE OFF DRIVE SHUTTLE CAR WAS HAULING COAL IN THE #4 ENTRY AND HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND BOUNCED INTO THE TOP AND HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE AND CREATED A LACERATION APPR OX. 1/2 INCH LONG WHEN HE HIT A BOLT IN THE TOP.
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November 28, 1988
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Big Hickory Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
Big Hickory Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A BATTERY CAR AND IT LOST TRAM GOING UP A HILL AND HE JUMPED OFF AND T RIED TO GRAB HIS EQUIPMENT AND HOLD IT AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK HE SAID
May 20, 1988
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Big Hickory Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
COAL HEIGHT ABOUT 38 INCH AND CUTTER CABLE HANGING ACROSS THE ENTRY, THE CUTTER CABLE WAS PULLED DOWN AND CAUGHT THE BUGGY OPERATOR WHILE OPERATING BUGGY.
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