Four Suns Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MR ADAMS WAS OPERATING A SCOOP HE STOPPED TO BEND A WIRE FROM A SPRING ON THE ACCELORATOR AND CUT HIS FINGER REQUIRING 4 STITCHES
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August 12, 1983
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Four Suns Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MR. ROSS WAS DRIVING A ROOF BOLT INTO THE GROUND WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. HE MISSED THE HEAD OF THE BOLT BUT CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SLEDGE HAMMER HANDLE & THE ROOF BOLT CAUSING THE INJURY HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL & RECEIVED 10 STITCHES IN FINGER.
Four Suns Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
MR ADAMS WAS CLEANING UP A GOBBED AREA AS HE ENTERED THE PLACE HE POSITIONED HIS SCOOP IN THE MIDDLE LEAVING ROCK PILED UP ON BOTH SIDES A ROCK BEHIND THE OPERATOR SLID OFF AND STRUCK MR AH ADAMS
June 8, 1983
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Four Suns Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DISLOCATED ELBOW WAS CAUSED AS MR HALL WAS LOADING HOUSE COAL INTO A FRONT END LOADER BUCKET
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