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November 19, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Big Hickory Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS PUTTING HIS SECOND BOLT IN WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ATRS AND ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND UPPER NECK AREA ON THE R T SIDE OF HIS BODY

July 12, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Big Hickory Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE 2 ROOF BOLTERS WERE IN A X-CUT SWITCHING OUT AND ONE OPERATOR RAN INTO THE OTHER BOLTER AND PINNED THE OPERATOR AGAINST HIS BOLTER THE OPERATOR COULDNT SEE OVER HIS MACHINE

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