Puma Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
WORKING ON SCOOP AND PIECE OF ROCK 3X12X20 FELL ON MINERS HEAD AND PUSHED NECK DOWN AND INJURED NECK AND BACK.
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Puma Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)
VICTIM BURNT EYE BECAUSE OF NAKED PLACE ON CABLE WHICH CAME IN CONTACT WITH BUGGY FRAME.
November 13, 1996
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Puma Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE PUTTING ROOF BOLTS ON ROOF BOLTER, A BUNDLE OF BOLTS LANDED ON A LOOSE ROOF BOLT CAUSING IT TO STRIKE OPERATOR IN MOUTH. IT DISLODGED A TOOTH.
Puma Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
MINER BUMPED ELBOW CAUSING A LARGE KNOT TO APPEAR.
September 25, 1995
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Puma Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MINER WAS BOLTING TOP ON HIS KNEES & WHEN HE STARTED TO STAND UP HIS RIGHT KNEE WAS LOCKED UP
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