Wy-Ida Coal Company · Struck by falling object
WHILE SETTING ARCHES BELOW THE HIGHWALL A PORTION OF THE HIGHWALL SLID OFF KNOCKING OVER THE PREVIOUSLY SET ARCHES AND TRAPPING TWO MEN UNDER THEM NOT ALL OF THE STEEL SETS WERE KNOCKED DOWN
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July 6, 1988
WY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
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Wy-Ida Coal Company · Struck by falling object
WHILE SETTING ARCHES BELOW THE HIGHWALL A ROCK SLIDE OCCURRED KNOCKING DOWN SEVERAL OF THE ARCHES A DETERMINATION OF DAMAGE TO MACHINES CAN NOT BE MADE AT THIS TIME NO SERIOUS TO MAN
Wy-Ida Coal Company · Fall from machine
HE WAS SITTING 3N THE CAB OF THE BACKHOE TALKING WITH I.NAME AS TO WHAT WORK WAS REQUIRED.SUDDENLY,WITHOUT WARNING,THE BACKHOE ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN AN INCLINE ON THE ROAD,RAPIDLY GATHERING SP EED.HE JUMPED O6T AND LANDED HEAVILY IN A DITCH.BROKEN RIGHT FEMUR.BACKHOE DID NOT HIT HIM.PROBABLY DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE.
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