C N Wilcher Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FREE A MINER STUCK IN THE MUD AT THE FACE OF #3 ENTRY, MAINS SECTION, THE VICTIM GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MINER BOOM AND THE RIB.
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March 15, 1989
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
C N Wilcher Mining · Fall from machine
HAULING LOADED TRUCK DOWN MOUNTAIN TRIED TO SHIFT TO HIGHER GEAR.TRUCK STAYED IN MEUTRAL AND STARTED TO RUN AWAY OUT OF CONTROL AND EMPL JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK.
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