Vesta Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING BESIDE JACK,WHEN MINER PULLED ON JACK WITH ROPE,JACK KICKED OUT AND HIT EMPLOYYEE ON KNEE AND CRACKED KNEE CAP.
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July 31, 1985
VA · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
LOOSE DOWN ROCK 1 1/2" THICK.
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE KNOCKED TIMBER OUT AND ROCKFELL ON HEAD AND BACK
April 26, 1985
VA · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
WHILE WORKING ON BELT CAUGHT BY BELT AND ROLLED.
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE SITTING JACKS SMASH A FINGER ON LEFT HAND CHIP A BONE OR THE TIP END.
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
ROCK FELL IN FACE WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MATERIAL OUT FROM UNDER MINER.
January 9, 1985
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING INJURED BACK.
December 13, 1984
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
WAS SETTING JACKS FOR CONT MINER ON LEFT SIDE AFTER SETING JACK I STARTED TO SHOVEL COAL THEN THE ROCK FELL ON BACK
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS SETTING TIMBER ON OPERATOR SIDE OF WILCOX MNER, JACK WHICH PULLS MINER POPPED OUT AND HIT THE LEFT HAND OF THE EMPLOYEE.
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON MINING CABLE, KNEELING, AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE AND FELT IT POP.
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