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May 12, 1988 TN · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
K & M Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

HE WAS SITTING ON BLIND SIDE OF SCOOP HE WAS SITTING ON TAILGATE HAD HIS LIGHT TURNED AWAY FROM SCOOP BY THE TIME THE SCOOP OPERATOR SAW HIM THE SCOOP BUCKET HAD ALREDY HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT.

February 6, 1986 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
K & M Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PULLING3ONE RAILRUNNER THAT WAS BROKE DOWN WITH ANOTHER RAILRUNNER AND CHAIN BROKE AND CUT HIS FOURTH TOE ON RT FOOT

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