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May 9, 1986 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE

Dorothy Mae Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING SCOOP AND THE ACCELERATOR HANG HE RAN INTO A STOPPING

May 19, 1984 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE

Dorothy Mae Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BELT TAKE UP BY PULLING WITH THE END LOADER THE WIRE ROPE BROKE AND THE END CAME BACK STRIKING I.NAME IN HIS LEFT FOOT. HIS ANKLE WAS BROKEN

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