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January 30, 1998 WV · Coal rodman, surveyor/transit helper FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
A T V Voyager Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

SURVEYORS WERE SURVEYING PITS AND ONE RODMAN GOT UNDER A PART OF WALL THAT WAS DRIPPING DUE TO THE BIG SNOW WE JUST HAD AND A ROCK CAME DOWN ABOUT 30 FEET AND HIT HIM IN THE ARM AND LEG. HE PU LLED SOME LIGAMENTS IN HIS ARM AND HAD A COMPOUND FRACTURE ON HIS LEG.

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