EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A BOLTING MACHINE. AS HE WAS DRILLING THE HOLE, APIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING HIS FACE RESULTING IN A BROKEN NOSE AND STRIKING HIS FOREARM RESULTING IN A3BROKEN BONE.
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October 5, 1987
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Dorton Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
November 6, 1985
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dorton Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS STANDING NEAR BY AND WAS HIT WHEN A HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF ANOTHER WORKERS HAND
Dorton Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
OCCURED 120\ OUTBY THE FACE BETWEEN #2 + 3 ENTRYTHE FALL OCCURED ON THE WEEKEND SAT OR SUN. NO MINER WAS IN THE MINE AT THE TIME OF THE ROOF FALL.
Dorton Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE LOADING TIMBERS INTO SCOOP BUCKET HE STRAINED LOWER BACK #3 UNIT
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