Victim and scoop operator were moving a bucket liner of bolter supplies. Bucket liner started to come out of bucket, so victim flagged scoop operator and got in bucket liner to hook up a chain. The scoop operator started to travel inby and as he went over a roll in the bottom, the scoop bucket raised up and crushed the victim against the mine roof.
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May 8, 2012
MD · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Maryland Energy Resources, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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