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July 11, 2011 KY · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Martin County Coal · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was operating the 15 ton Brookville track motor and his head was pinned between the canopy on the motor and a beam on an overcast.

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