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September 4, 1992 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · MACHINERY
Mingo Logan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

55036NGWALL FOREMAN WAS LOWERING LONGWALL SHIELDS IN PREPARING THEM FOR TRANSPORTATION UNDERGORUND WHEN THE NO. 008 WHIELD COLAPSED WHILE HE WAS RELEASING YIELD CAPSULE PRESSURE ON THE TILT JA 32203HIS RESULTED IN PINNING HIM UNDER THE CANOPY AND INSIDE THE SHILED CAUSING INJURIES TO THE CHEST CAVITY AND OTHER INTERNAL INJURIES.

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