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July 29, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B-Mining Company · Struck by falling object

I.NAME AND I.NA4E HAD JUST RETURNED TO THE 3000 HAULAGE AREA OF THE NIL MINE AFTER BLASTING AND WAITING FOR THE AIR TO CLEAR OUT THE BLAST HAD PARTIALLY FILLED UP THE ROADWAY SO I.NAME WAS USING THE LOAD9R TO CLEAR OUT THE MUCK SO THEY COULD START HAULING TO THE SURFACE I.NAME DROVE A TRACTOR AND TRAILER UNIT PAST I.NAME PARTING IT ON N SIDE OF THE HAULAGEWAY WHEN I.NAME GOT OF

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