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June 6, 1986 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Ridgeway Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS INSP9CTING BROKEN DRIVE LINE ON POWDER TK IT HAD THROWN A U-JOINT & WAS ON A HILL TRUCK HAD FOULED AGAINST BOOSTER BRAKE CHAMBER WHEN I.NAME & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INSPECTED THE T K TO SEE WHAT WAS WR2NG WITH IT I.NAME MOVED THE DRIVE LINE & THE TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL BRUSHING HIS LEFT SHOULDER & RUNNING OVER LEFT LEG

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