EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS GETTING READY TO CHANGE PLACES AND THAT HE WAS SETTING BESIDE OF BOLTER AND TOOK HIS RIGHT HAND AND PULLED THE TRAM LEVERS SLUING BOLTER OVER ON TO HIM. HE THEN SLU ED THE BOLTER BACK OVER AND SENT HELPER FOR MINE FOREMAN.
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August 1, 1990
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Mulimar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
June 16, 1990
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Mulimar Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
BOLTER OPR WAS TRYING TO PUT HIS DRILL STEEL TOGETHER CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO PIECESOF STEEL
September 8, 1988
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Racoon Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT IN BETWEEN BOLTS, HITTING EMPLOYEE WHILE SHOVELING BELT.
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