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May 13, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Clevinger & Ramey Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS SITTING3IN BACK OF COAL HAULAGE MACHINE TRYING TO THROW ROCK DUST.THE CAR CAME TO A LOW PLACE AND THE VICTIM COULD NOT BEND OVER FAR ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE LOW SPOT THUS CATCHING HIM AGAI NST THE MINE RO2F.ACCIDENT CAUSED BY EMPLOYEE FAILING TO WATCH SURROUND MINE ROOF.ACCIDENT CAUSED BY EMPLOYEE FAILING TO WATCHING SURROUND.

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