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1983–2026
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May 5, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Faith Coal Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR SAID H9 WAS TURNING CORNER WHEN HE SAW PERSONNEL ON OPPOSITE SIDE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE UP USING HIS ELFT HAND TO PULL UP BY WHEN IT SLIPPED AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP FRA ME & RUBBER BUM1ER BLOCK FRACTURE 2 FINGERS & MASHING ONE.

December 12, 1984 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Betty Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

REMOVING ROCK FROM TAIL PIECE WHEN ROCK CAUGHT ON BELT SPLICE CUTTING OFF SECOND AND THIRD FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK AND TOP

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