August 8, 2007
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
POWERED HAULAGE
Meadow Fork Mining Co LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Charging blast holes---unknown.
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Charging blast holes---unknown.
EXCAVATOR OPERATOR WAS BRUSHING IN FRONT OF A SURFACE MINE. A DEAD TREE LIMB FELL OUT OF THE TOP OF A TREE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT WRIST.
OUR DIOT DOZER, WHICH WAS A BRAND NEW MACHINE, STARTED SMOKING A WHITE SMOKE. COULD NOT PUT OUT WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND IT BURNT UP. NO INJURIES OCCURRED