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June 16, 1988 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mouthcard Development Company Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED PERSON WAS TRANSPORTING DAY SHIFT ELECTRICIAN I.NAME ON A THREE SHEELER FROM THE #7 ENTRY TO THE #2 ENTRY WHERE THE MANTRIP WAS WAIRING THEY WERE TRAVELING THE 2ND LINE OF BREAKS OUT BY THE FACE AREA THEY CAME INTO THE #4 INTERSECTION JUST AS THE SHOTFIRER SHOT THE #4 HEADING THE INJURED MAN WAS STRUCK WITH DEBRIS FROMT THE #4 HEADING

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