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January 19, 1986 MO · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Sunrise Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM GOT OUT 2F LOADER IN PIT TO EXAMINE TIRE ON PIT TRUCK. AFTER EXAMINING TIRE HE STARTED BACK TO LOADER. PIT BACKHOE WAS IN OPERATION LOADING TRUCKS, HE SAW HOE WAS MAKING LOADING CYCLE A ND WAVED HOE OP9RATOR TO CONTINUE LOADING. DURING NEXT HOE LOADING CYCLE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO LOADER PASSING IN PATH OF HOE BUCKET AND BEING STRUCK IN HEAD BY ROCK FALLING FROM HOE B

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