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October 18, 1989 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

Bethel Fuels Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR GOT OFF BUGGY TO CLEAN LOOSE COAL FROM TOP OF WHEL WELLS & SIDE. BRAKES WERE NOT SET. WHILE CLEANING THE SHUTTLE CAR DRIFTED & RAN OVER OPERATOR'S LEFT FOOT. OPERATOR'S LE FT FOOT WAS BRUISED-X-RAYS WERE TAKEN.

March 15, 1989 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

Bethel Fuels Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FINDING LEAK ON FEEDER HIT SWITCH ACC. WITH LEG CCAUSING FEEDER TO COME ON CAUSED L. ARM TO BECOME LODGED BETWEEN FLIGHT AND FEEDER FRAME BREAKING ARM.

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