Pigeon Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS CLE5NING, CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD. CAUSING LACERATIONS ABOVE THE EYE AND ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
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October 7, 1986
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pigeon Branch Coal Company Inc · Fall on save level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME WAS WALK3NG ACROSS THE BUCKET OF A SS UNITRAC WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE SLICK METAL. HE LANDED ON HIS REAR, CAUSING PAIN TO LOWER BACK
February 12, 1986
WV · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pigeon Branch Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
I.NAME CLEANING3CONVEYOR BELT NEAR DRIFT WHERE ICE WAS FROZEN ON WALKWAY.SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL AGAINST BELT STRUCTURE INJURING RIGHT SHOULDER AND PULLING MUSCLE.
November 25, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Pigeon Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED WAS OPE9ATING ROOF BOLTER. DRILL BOOM MASHED KNEE BETWEEN DRILL BOOM AND BOTTOM. BROOSED KNEE AND UPPER LEG.
October 24, 1985
WV · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
MACHINERY
Pigeon Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
PULLING ROOF BOLTER OUT OF FACE TO MOVE TO NEXT PLACE TO BE BOLTED FOREMAN SIGNALED TO STOP BOLT MACHINE SO HE COULD REMOVE ROCK IN ROAD BY HAND BEFORE ROCK WAS REMOVED OPERATOR OF MACHINE AC CIDENTLY HIT TRAM PEDAL PINNING FOREMANS LEG BETWEEN TIRE AND ROCK
Pigeon Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
MAN WAS LIFTING 2X6 APPRO 4 FT LONG ON WET SLIPPERY BOTTOM LIFTING WITH BACK INSTEAD OF LEGS.
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