Piney Mountain Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object
INJ CUTTING ROCK WITH MINER IN #3 HDG WHEN MINER BUCKED THROWING OPR INTO TOP HURT BACK.
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Piney Mountain Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED PICKED UP DRUM OF OIL TO LOAD IN BUGGY. GOT A CATCH IN LOWER BACK.
January 17, 1985
VA · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Piney Mountain Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED WAS REMOVING JACKS FROM BOLTER TRAY WHEN ANOTHER JACK ROLLED DOWN AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND.
October 18, 1984
VA · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Piney Mountain Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS CHECKING CATS ON OFF SIDE WHILE MECH. WAS SHEMING OPR. SIDE WHEN OPR. DROPED PAN TO LIFT MINER OFF BOTTOM CATCHING INJURED FOOT UNDER GATHERING HEAD.
November 30, 1983
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Piney Mountain Coal Corp · Struck by flying object
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE DUST OUT OF A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL BY BEATING EI IT AGAINST THE ROOF BOLTER. AS HE DID A PIECE OF ROCK OR DUST FLEW BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES IN TO HIS LEFT EYU
Piney Mountain Coal Corp · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED A CUT IN THE NO 5 ENTRY WHEN A SLIP FELL ON THE MINER AS THE SLIP HIT THE MINER A SLUG OF ROCK FLEW BACK STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT KNEE
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