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October 29, 2021 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Glow Worm Coal Company · Struck by falling object

SCOOP OPERATOR HAD BEEN SCOOPING RIBS, HAD STARTED TO CLEAN THE CORNER AND WAS PARKED. IE STEPPED INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET TO TELL THE OPERATOR EE WAS NEEDED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SECTION. A PORTION OF CAP ROCK BECAME DISLODGED, FELL INTO THE BUCKET AND STRUCK IE's LOWER LEG.

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