INJ EMP AND WITNESS TO ACCIDENT HAD JUST COMPLETED CLEANING COAL SPILLAGE FROM UNDER HOPPER BELT AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO FEEDER BELT EMP SLIPPED AND STARTED TO FALL REACHING OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF HIS COAT SLEEVE WAS CAUGHT BY FEEDER BELT THAT PULLED HAND INTO FEEDER BELT HEAD PULLYE BELT WAS SHUT OFF BY WITNESS WHO AFTER CALLING FOR HELP CUT BELT TO REMOVE EMP HAND EMP WAS HOSP
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American Processed Coals · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
September 7, 1983
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
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American Processed Coals · Over-exertion in lifting objects
BRADY SPARKS BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF SHEET METAL AND SAID HE TWISTED HIS BACK
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