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May 6, 1983 VA · Coal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Mark Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ON 5-6-83, WHILE MAKING OLD WORKS IN A SCOOP, INJURED RAN OVER A TIMBER THAT HAD FALLEN, SLAMMING HIS HEAD INTO THE TOP. THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON 5-27-83, ONLY ROUGH BOTTOM WAS THE CAUSE.

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