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8 Glell Hickman. August 27. Wasriding rear bumber of loaded car out of his place.
Had right hand on top of car and when it came to low place in roof, lump of coal ‘·
was dragged back against another lump that pressed against his hand cutting little
finger of right hand off at third joint. Was not ordinarily careful and was breake
ing safe practice rule in having hands on top of car.l `
9 Kenneth Cornett, loader, Sept. lst. Contusion of lateral side of left foot. Was .
F taking down slate and let piece fall on foot. Could have been prevented by
thinking of his safety and excercising just common caution. {
l0 Walker Hays, loader, Sept, 8th. Contusion and fracture of metacarpal bone of
right hand. Was riding in empty car being headed back to slate fall. Car wrecked
when it ran over piece of slate in middle of track. Car knocked post letting slate
fall that covered and rested on top of car but only caught his hand which was
resting on top of car. Walk should have noticed slate in track and mqtorman should
have been running with greater caution.
ll Bradley Coomer, loader, Sept. l4th. Contnsion-and fracture to index ring and
‘ little fingers. Attempted to couple his car atb the face when mptorman pushed
another car against it. Slipped on piece of slate and-had hand caught between
bumpers of car. Was not ordinarily careful. ,
l2 Estil Allen, loader, Sept. l4th. Contusion and fracture to index and middle
finger of left hand. Was pushing empty car upgrade when·he slipped and let it
come back to catch his hand that was on rail. Lgek of caution and alertness.
15 Wesley Robinson, loader, Sept, 25rd. Crushing injury to left hand, amputatod
little finger through distal third of first phalanx. Was seotching two cars‘ l,.
on entry and got his hand caught under scotch. Not careful and will always be
questioned as to how he lost his finger. i
14 Delzy Bowens, loader, Oct. lst. Traumatic amputation of the middle finger,
right hand, through the third joint. Was pushing car out of room when·lump of
` _coal rubbed against post set too close to the track and this pushed the lump back
against his fingers which were on inside at top of car. Was violating well known
safety rule of having hands on top of car when pushing. No blocks of coal should
be loaded en car so that they extend over the sides or ends. *—
l5 Henry Radford, machine helper, Nov. l5. Fracture of small bone in foot.
~ Cutter bar of machine jabbed in bottom when un oading. Instead of using the .·
lifting jack that is provided for such purposes, the machineman attempted to
‘ work bar loose by operating the bits, and in doing this the bar swerved towards _
, the helper and the lugs of chain caught his foot.
l6 George Frazier, miner, Dec. 9. Both legs broken just above the ankle. He
claims to have been pushing loaded car out of the room on to the entry when ·
he heard the gathering motor approaching with an empty trip. He thought the trip
was going to go up 5 North, but instead it was pushed into 5 right where he was
working, and the loaded car that he was pushing was hit by the headed empty trip
and knocked back against his legs, breaking both of them. He should have made
sure which way the empty trip was going when he heard it approach and then got
himself in the clear. It hurts nobody to stop a moment and make sure and not take
things for granted. In this case a minute taken to make sure would have saved ·
months of suffering and loss of earnings.
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