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May 16, 2008 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Aracoma Coal Company, LLC · Contact with electrical current

While atempting to repair a shuttle car without determining that the trailing cable was de-energized and without locking-out and tagging the power source. EE received fatal injries when he cut into an energized phase lead.

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