THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED DURING A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVE LINE. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, THE DRIVER EXITED THE DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL OF THE MOVING VEHICLE AS THE VEHICLE DESCENDED BACKWARDS DOWN AN ELEVEN PERCENT GRADE.
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December 20, 1989
VA · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
South Fork Energy Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
October 31, 1989
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Fork Energy Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS REPLACING THE HOOD ON A 992-C. THE HOOD SLIPPED AND FELL ON FINGER.
South Fork Energy Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE BIT ON DRILL WHEN HE GOT HIS SHIRT CAUGHT IN ROTATION JERKING HIS ARM.
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