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August 20, 1992 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Hunter Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

65081D JUST INSTALLED A NEW LIGHT SWITCH IN A SCOOPE AND HAD PANEL COVER LAYING IN DECK OF SCOOPE. EE TOLD HIS BROTHER TO PUT PANEL BACK ON AND THEN EE WALKED TO OFFICE. ABOUT 5 MIN. LATER EE 65530BACK TO MOTOR BARM WHERE SCOOPE WAS. WHEN EE ARRIVED EE FOUND HIM SITTING HIS ON GROUND IN FRONT OF SCOOPE TURNING SWITCHES ON. SCOOPE MOVED FORWARD ON FOOT.

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