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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 23, 1983 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Stanton Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RIDING SCOOP BUCKET INTO MINE BEGINNING OF SHIFT SCOOP TRAVELING OVER ROLL IN ROAD EMP LAYING ON HIS SIDE PINNED AGAINST ROOF STRAIN AND BRUISES TO RIGHT SHOULDER AND HIPS

January 19, 1983 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Stanton Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING LOADED SCOOP TOWARD CHAINLINE SCOOP HIT ROCK CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE EMPLOYEE WAS BOUNCED AND A LUMP OF COAL ROLLED UNDER HIM AND HE LANDED ON IT INJURING HIS LOWER BACK POSS IBLE BRUISE AND OR SPRAIN

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