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October 1, 1988 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
K T K Mining & Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO NEGOTIATE A TURN ON THE SHUTTLE CAR, AND IN DOING SO, HE ATTEMPTED TO SEE BETTER BY REMOVING HIMSELF FROM UNDER THE CANOPY AND WAS TRAPPED AND CRUSHED BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE CANOPY.

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