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May 23, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kelley Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

CONTRACT TRUCKER WAS BRING A LOAD COAL TRUCK DOWN THE HAUL ROAD FROM KELLEY COAL CO. WHEN HE MISSED A GEAR AND LOST CONTROL OF HIS TRUCK. HE THEN JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK AND LANDED IN THE HAUL ROAD. THE TRUCK WENT DOWN THE ROAD AND RAN INTO THE HILL.

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