July 13, 1992
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Criterion Coal Company · Fall from machine
AS THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER(WITNESS) WERE BEING LIFTED INA WORK CAGE ATTACHED TO THE BOOM OF TH EDIGGER DERRICK TRUCK, THE ATTACHMENT PIN FOR THE CAGE BROKE THERE BY ALLOWING THE CAG E AND THE EMPLOYEE'S TO FALL SIX FEET TO THE GROUND. THE SAFETY ROPE HAD NOT BEEN CONNECTED TO PREVENT THE CAGE FROM FALLING. ALSO THE CAGE HA DBEEN CONSIDERABLEY OVERLOADED W/TOOLS AND EQUI