LOW COAL SEAM 38IN DARKNESS WET BOTTOM AND POOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SHOOT FIREMAN AND PIN MAN PIN MAN WAS SHOT BY COAL RT SIDE AND FACE BY A BLOW THROUGH OF ONE HOLE IN CROSSCUT HE RECEIVED CUT TO FACE NE7K AND RT SIDE AND LEG HIS LEFT EYE WAS SCRATCHED BY COAL AND WILL REQUIRE CORRECTIVE SURGERY MOST LIKELY
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June 6, 1986
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Woody Sutton Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object
May 23, 1986
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Woody Sutton Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
LOW COAL SEAM 36'' AND ROOF BOLT THAT HAD PLATE HEAD TORN OFF LEAVING SHARP EDGE STRIKING DOWN OUT OF BOLT HOLE.
March 27, 1986
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woody Sutton Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE EE WAS TRYI3G TO DISLODGE A ROCK FROM THE SLOPE TAIL PIECE. THE SIZE & WEIGHT OF THE ROCK WERE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS CAUSING THE EE TO PULL A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.
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