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October 27, 2010 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
River View Coal LLC · Struck by powered moving object

Employee received fatal injuries from a shuttle car that struck him while hanging a check curtain on the #6 unit, #7 entry, #11 seam. His body was discovered by the car operator upon returning from the feeder. (AN MSHA, STATE AND COMPANY INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.)

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