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April 28, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Majestic Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS STANDING IN A CROSSCUT ADJACENT TO A HAULAGE ROADWAY. A SCOOP TRAVELING THE ROADWAY RUN OVER A PIECE OF COAL WHICH BURSTED AND A PIECE OF THE LUMP OF COAL STRUCK HIM ON THE FOREHEAD.

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