SHOT FIRERE WAS3STANDING BEHIND RIB WHEN ARM WAS EXTEND OUT AND SMALL PIECE OF COAL HIT RIGHT ARM.
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January 6, 1987
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
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Five M Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
Five M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OPERATOR WAS CUTTNG COAL IN NO.7 ENTRY. HE WAS FINISHING LEFT SIDE OF CUT. MACHINE WAS FOULED AGAINST RIB. THE SEAT THE OPERATOR WAS SETTING IN BROKE AND CAME FORWARD TO MACHINE AND FOULED OPE RATOR\S FOOT BETWEEN MACHINE AND SEAT.
Five M Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine
WAS ON THE SURFACE STANDING IN THE SCOOP BLADE WHEN FEET SLIPPED AND FELL BACK ON THE GROUND
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