EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AROUND THE BELT AND THROWING MATERIAL ONTO BELT WHICH WAS OVER HEAD. WHILE THROWING A SHOVEL FULL OF MATERIAL ONT0 THE BELT A ROCK CAUGHT THE SIDE OF THE BELT AND IT FLEW BACK CUTTING HIS LEFT EAR.
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September 22, 2001
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Windsor Coal Company · Struck by flying object
September 22, 2001
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Windsor Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EE WAS RUNNING 15 TON MOTOR PULLING TRACK CLEANER AND THE TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF THE TROLLEY WIRE, EE REACHED FOR THE POLE AND RAISED UP AND HIS HEAD HIT AGAINST OVER HEAD CANOPY OR STEEL BEAM CAUSING HIS HEAD TO GO DOWNWARD HITTING SOME PART OF THE MOTOR DECH CAUSING CUT TO BACK OF HEAD AND OVER LEFT EYE.
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