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December 30, 1992 MD · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Eagle Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

VICTIM STEPPED OFF HOUGH 560 LOADER TO INSPECT COAL TO BE LOADED WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE ROLLED OFF LOW WALL AND HIT LOW WALL BURN. A PIECE OF BROKEN SLATE FLEW OVER THE TOP OF BERM AND STRUCK V ICTIM AT MID THIGH LOCATION ON RIGHT LEG CAUSING A BRUISE.

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