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April 3, 2004 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was pinned between the coal rib and the ripper head of the continuous miner as he was moving the miner from the 2 right crosscut to the 2 left crosscut by radio remote.

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