HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM BELTLINEWHEN HE PULLED THE ROCK UP WITH HIS LEFT HAND THE BELT CAUGHT THE ROCK THEREFORE PINNING HIS HAND AGTAINST THE TOP BETWEEN THE ROCK CUTTING THE LITTLE FINGER & THE ONE NEXT TO IT OFF ON THE LEFT HAND
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April 5, 1989
VA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Double J Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
March 15, 1989
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Double J Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ROOF BOLTER PINNED HIM UP AGAINST THE RIB.
Double J Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
CUT LEFT SIDE WAS BACKING OUT OT CUT RIGHT SIDE WHEN PC OF DRAW ROCK FELL FORM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING EMP SHOULDER ANDC BACK.
Double J Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
FORMAN DISMISSED EMPL AFTER HE CAME TO SURFACE HE STATED THAT HE HAD INJURED HIS BACK PULLING CABLE.
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