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March 23, 1986 CO · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Mid-Continent Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE WAS FO6ND WEDGED AGAINST CONVEYOR AND TRAPPED AGAINST BEAM ABOUT 2 HRS AFTER HE WAS DROPPED OFF HE WAS FOUND WITHOUT SIGNS OF LIFE AT 8 AM HIS PLAN HAD BEEN TO WALK THE BELT AND MEET AT THE PLANT B2 7 PM HE DIED OF MULTIPLE INJURIES AS DESCRIBED

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