VICTIM WAS WORKING ON A LOCOMOTIVE THAT HE JUST PUT IN A SIDE SWITCH HE FORGOT TO THROW THE SWITCH BACK AN EMPTY TRIP OF CARS WERE BEING PUSHED NORMAL PRCTICE ON THE STRAIGHT BUT INSTEAD WENT THRU THE SWITCH AND RAMMED THE LOCOMOTIVE HOMER WAS KNOCKED ON THE GROUND BUT HIS LEFG TGOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE RAIL
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Showing all 3JOE WAS LIFTING A RATCHET ROOF JACK FROM THE L. N. ROOF BOLTER IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT
AT APPROX 12:15 AM BETWEEN SHIFTS A FALL OCCURRED AT THE FACE OF THE 2 HILL RETREAT SECTION 771 002-0 THE PREVIOUS SHIFT HAD MINED THE FENDER LIFTS AND ALL THAT REMAINED AT THE END OF THE SH IFT WERE THE 2 FINAL STUMPS THEY BACKED THE MINER OUT APPROX 20 FT FROM THE PROPOSED BREAK LINE AND CAME OUTSIDE THE MIDNIGHT CREW FOUND THE MINER HEAD PARTIALLY COVERED FROM THE FALL