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March 19, 1993 UT · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Soldier Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

PLACING CAP PIECES UNDER THE CAT OF THE MINER (WHICH WAS STUCK) WHEN A CHUNK OF COAL FELL & S TRUCK HIM ON THE BACK & THE BACK OF THE HEAD

January 19, 1991 UT · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Soldier Creek Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS HELPING ON THE MINER STANDING BETWEEN THE LAST RAW AND THE SECOND TO THE LAST SOW OF BOLTS WHEN S SAB. OF CAP ROCK FELL FROM THE UNSUPPORTED AREA IT CARRIED THRU BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND S TRUCK HIM ON AN ANGLE.

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