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July 17, 1994 MO · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Alternate Fuels Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINERS WERE CHANGING OUT AN OLD DRAG CVABLE WITH A NEW ONE WHEN THE NEW CABLE WHICH WAS FASTENED IN THE SOCKET END AT THE BUCKET WHEN SUDDENLY THE CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF THE SOCKET AND RECOILED AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR WHO WAS STANDING OFF TO THE SIDE IN AND ACROSS HIS CHEST AREA.

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