Ratliff Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
CAR WAS LOADED & OP WAS GOING TO DUMP. ROCK RUNBBED AGAINST TOP & FELL INTO DECK LANDING ON OP FOOT.
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March 13, 1985
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Ratliff Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR ROOF BOLTER CABLE WAS TORN DOWN WHEN HANGING ACROSS HAUL ROAD CABLE BROKE STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH & JAW
Ratliff Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS CLEANING OUT FROM UNDER THE TIPPLE AND AS HE JUMPED DOWN UNDER THE TIPPLE HE TWISTED HIS LEG, AND PINCHED A NERVE IN LOWER BACK
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