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February 4, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY

Straight Creek Mining Company · Struck by flying object

THE EMP WAS LOA8ING OVERBURDEN WITH 922 C CATERPILLAR END LOADER WHEN HE ROLLED THE BUCKET BACK A LARGE ROCK STRUCK THE BACK SECTION OF THE BUCKET CAUSING A PIECE OF THE ROCK TO BREAK OFF AND GO THROUGH THE 4INDSHIELD STRIKING THE EMP IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE

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