Legal Opinion
Anthony Smith, Jr. v. Joy Technologies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 30, 2016No. 14-6406/6461PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Anthony Smith was severely injured in October 2010 while working amidst a high-wall mining (HWM) system at a coal mine owned and operated by Southern Coal Corp. in Harlan County, Kentucky. As he was disengaging a conveyor car from the system, Smith inadvertently placed his foot in a “pinch point” that existed between a hydraulic pusher used to launch cars into the mine and an outer guide rail on the mining platform. When the hydraulic pusher was prematurely activated by another worker, it crushed Smith’s foot against the guide rail. The injury resulted…
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