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July 14, 2000 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Maranatha Mining & Leasing Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS BROKE DOWN IN #2 HEADING, HE PARKED HIS SHUTTLE CAR IN THE BREAK BEHIND MINER AND GOT OFF TO HELP. WHEN HE WENT TO GET BACK ON HIS CAROTHER EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING HIS 3 WHEELER AND CAUG HT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE 3 WHEELER AND SIDE FRAME OF SHUTTLE CAR.

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