EE WAS SERVICING AN ENDLOADER, GREASING THE "BOOM" OF THE MACHINE. HE LOST HIS FOOTING & SLIPPED FELL BACKWARDS OFF OF THE MACHINE, APPROXIMATELY 5' TO THE GROUND. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WI TH HIS HANDS. SPRAINED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER, BRUISED, SWOLLEN & ABBRASSIONS TO LEFT FOREARM. X-RAYED: NO FRACTURES.
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April 11, 1995
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F Taylor Mining Corp · Fall from machine
F Taylor Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects
USING THE PRESSURE WASHER CLEANING A SCOOP EE WAS STANDING ON THE MACHINE HIS FOOT WAS CAUGHT UNDER A BRACKET WHEN HE STEPPED HE GOT TRIPPED BY HIS LEFT FOOT LEAVING IT SWELLED AND BADLY BRUIS ED, NO FRACTURE.
F Taylor Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects
HE LOST HIS FOOTING, SLIPPED AND HIT CHEST ON SCOOP.
F Taylor Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CLIMBING OFF COAL DRILL AND TWISTED KNEE ON BLOCK OF COAL.
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