Omega Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
WHILE IN PROCESS OF GOING FROM DISCHARGE POINT TO MINER ON SCOOP 482 A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING VICTIM BEFORE HE COULD BRING SCOOP TO STOP CUTTING HIM OVER RT EYE LID
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Omega Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE OPERATING SCOOP OPERATOR HAD KNEE ABOVE THE TOP OF SCOOP CATCHING LEFT KNE AGAINST THE TOP CAUSING SEVERE BRUISING TO LEFT KNEE
September 12, 1983
VA · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Omega Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLT AND ROOF JACK HITTING EMPL IN BACK BENDING HIM OVER TO BOTTOM.
June 7, 1983
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Omega Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MR. VANDYKE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. WHEN PASSING UNDER A FLY BOARD HE APPARENTLY HAD HIS KNEE TOO HIGH & IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP & THE FLY BOARD.
May 30, 1983
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Omega Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING ON WATER LINE POSSIBLY IN IMPROPER POSITION TO DO PULLING CORRECTLY
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