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The employee was connecting a chain around the bumper of a tractor to a road grader when the grader rolled back and pinned him between to bumper of the tractor and Grader.
Setting miner up to take first cut of coal when he became pinched between miner boom and rib.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO PARK SHUTTLE CAR. THE CAR CAME INTO CONTACT WITH CABLE WIRING. AS THE EMPLOYEE EXITED SHUTTLE CAR HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE METAL FRAME WHICH CAUSED ELECTRIC SHOC K.
I,NAME WAS BACK3NG OFF-BOARD OPERATED CONTINUOUS MINER AWAY FROM FACE AFTER MAKING CUTWHEN MACHINE RAN OVER REMOTE CABLE CAUSING IT TO BE INOPERATIVE. OTHER EMPLOYEE, ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR, CAM E TO ASSIST I,N5ME IN FREEING CABLE FROM UNDER MACHINE AND TO REPAIR CABLE WHEN A ROOF ROCK APPROX. 5 FT X 4 FT X 5" THICK FILL ON I,NAME AND MACHINE CAUSING DEATH TO HIM AND BACK BRUISES TO
THE INVESTIGATI2N DETERMED THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAD INSTALLED THE LAST ROOF BOLT IN PROPER SEQUENCE AND WHILE WAITING FOR OTHER OPERATOR TO FINISH HIS CYCLE, HE STEPPED BEYOND PERMENT ROOF SUPPOR T AND WAS STRUC5 BY A ROCK APPROXIMATELY 8X10X10 THICK AND WAS KILLED INSTANTLY.