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Employee was operating a diesel personnel carrier on the Main South Travelway. It appears that his vehicle struck a coal pillar at xcut #193 and he was ejected from the vehicle. He sustained fatal crushing injuries to his chest area.
Employee was fatally injured when he was struck by a battery powered coal hauler in Unit 2.It is believed that the employee walked through the last open crosscut to #4 entry and sat down near the inby corner of #4 entry to eat his lunch. A coal hauler rounded the corner and pinned the employee to the rib.