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May 17, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FIRE
92 Coal Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

OPERATOR WAS DUMPING HIS LOAD AS THE BED WAS BEING LOWERED HE HEARD A POP SOUND IN A MATTER OF SECONDS FIRE COMPLETELY ENGULFED THE CAB THE OPERATOR EVACUATED THE VEHICLE ON THE LEFT SIDE WHIC H HAD LESS FIRE HE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE FLAMES CAUSING BURNS ON HIS FACE HANDS AND ARMS CAUSE RUPTURED HYDRAULIC LINE DAMAGE TEH VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS

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