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July 12, 1984 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Patton Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS PULLING TRACTORS FILLED WITH COAL FROM FACE TO OUTSIDE WITH SR TRACTOR WHEN TRACTOR RAN ACROSS CHUG HOLE & BOUNCED OUT OF THE SEAT STRIKING HEAD ON THE ROOF. OPERATOR NECK STIFF & SORE.

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