EE WAS PULLING SLACK BEHIND BELT HEAD WHILE BELT WAS SLIPPING IN POWER ROLLERS SO HE TRIED TO HELP. THE POWER ROLLER TAKE UP SLACK IT CAUGHT AND HE STILL HAD HIS PLIERS ON THE BELT AND IT GAVE JERKING REACTION.
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September 11, 1997
WV · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Royal Harvest Ltd · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
March 19, 1997
WV · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Royal Harvest Ltd · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CLEANING AWAY COAL THAT HAD ACCUMULATED AROUND SECTION TAILPIECE TAILROLLER ON THE TIGHT SIDE OF BELT AS HE WAS DOING SO, HE REACHED TO BALANCE HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND ACCIDENTAL LY MISPLACE HIS HAND IN THE CONVEYOR CHUTES.
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