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March 3, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Kilowatt Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

MISJUDGE BRIDGE TRUCK RAN OFF AND OVER TURNED.

December 26, 1990 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE

Redbud Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS WALKING IN MINE WHEN SCOOP CAME UP TO MEET HIM. HE STOPPED THE SCOOP AND GOT ON THE BATTERY END TO RIDE ON TO THE SECTION. WHILE RIDING ON THE SCOOP HE RAISED HIS KNEE AND JAMMED THE KNEE INTO TOP WITH FOOT ON SCOOP.

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