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June 13, 1991 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

Red Bone Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE SLACK WITH A SHUTTLE CAR. HE USED A 3' DRILL STGEEL TO SECURE A PULL ROPE TO HIS SAFETY CANOPY. SUPPORT LEG. DRILL STEEL CAME LOSOE & STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK.

October 19, 1988 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

Red Bone Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS RUNNING OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR TOWARD FEEDER FROM FACE WHEN SHUTTLE CAR HIT A RUT AND BUGGY SLID INTO RIB HIS L ELBOW HIT THE RIBB BETWEEN BUGGY FRAME AND COAL RIB HIS L ARM WAS SWOLLEN NOT BROKE

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