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August 29, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Juliana Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS DISPOSING OF PERSONAL GARBAGE IN NO#1 PIT AREA WHEN BLAST WAS PUT OFF-VICTIM WAS APPEARENTLY DEAD AT SCENE OF ACCIDENT.

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