HAD SLATE BAR TRYING TO PRY SLACK UP OFF FEEDER CONVEYOR CHAIN SO THAT ELECTRICIAN COULD PUT CONNECTING LINE IN AND SLIPPED OR LOST HIS FOOTING. THIS ALLOWED PRY BAR TO COME LOOSE FROM HIS AHN DS AND IT SLIPPED HIM ACROSS FOREARM FRACTURING HIS ARM.
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May 3, 1990
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cline'S Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Cline'S Coals Inc · Struck by falling object
MAN, WAS GRINDING USING A GRINDER, STOPPED, GRINDING RAISED UP, STEP BACKWARD FELL AND GRINDER HIT HIM ACROSS THE NOSE.
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