West Fork Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL CAUSE-MINING CLOSE TO OUTCROP AND IT LOOKED LIKE A HILL SEAM OR A HORSEBACK.
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May 9, 1985
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
West Fork Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
ROUGH ROADWAY WHERE BUGGY TRAVELED. INJURED MAN SAID ROUGH ROAD BOUNCED HIM UP INTO CANOPY.
February 26, 1985
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
West Fork Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS GOING TO MOVE HIS ANCHORHE PARKED HIS SHUTTLE CAR LOCKED BRAKE AND GOT OFF TO MOVE ANCHOR THE CAR WAS SETTING ON A SLIGHT GRADE AND BRAKE BLED OFF LETTING CAR D DRIFT ANF CATCH HIS ANKLIES AGAINSGT BOTTOM THE THEN HE TOLD ME HE WAS NOT SURE ABOUT LOCKING BRAKES.
November 6, 1984
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Fork Coal Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME WAS CLEANING AROUND TAIL PIECE & PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
October 3, 1984
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
West Fork Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
RIDING IN IF SCOOP MAN TRYING TO PUSH MACHINE OUTSIDE. IT LIFTED IT UP & PUAHED I.NAME IN AGAINST TOP.
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