MINER OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING TO FACE OF #4 ENTRY WHERE A CHANGE IN GRADE EXISTED. WHEN MINER WENT OVER GRADE THE BACK OF THE MINER RAISED UP CLOSE TO TOP FORCING OPERATOR UP AGAINST TOP.
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Pigeon Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
January 5, 1995
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Pigeon Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
RUNNING ROOF BOLTER , BENT ROOF BOLT, PUT IN HOLE, THEN BENT BOLT BACK STRAIGHT TO PUSH UP IN HOLE. BOLT TURN CAUSING EE TO JURK AND HURT LOWER BACK.
Pigeon Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE REPORTED ON 1-11-95 THAT HE HURT HIS BACK ON 12-27-94, WHILE HE WAS HELPING CHANG ECABLE REEL ON 21SC SHUTTLE CAR THIS WASN'T REPORTED BY EMPLOYEE IMMEDIATELY TO HIS SUPERVISOR.
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