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November 28, 1988 VA · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shorty Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME TRACTOR OPERATOR ENTERED NO 3 PRIER AT APP630AM ON A KERSY TRACTOR & AFTER TRAVELING 70FT.HE RAISE UP IN THE DECK OF TRACTOR & MADE CONTACT WITH MINE ROOF THUS RESULTING IN POSSIBLE IN JURY

October 9, 1986 VA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Shorty Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING BESIDE CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH HAND PLACED ON GAURD WHEN HE HEARD A VEHICLE HE TURNED TO LOOK MUST HAD LEANED ON FENCE PUSHING IT IN TO SHAFT ON DRIVE, WHICH CAUGHT FENCE I NTANGLEING ARM 3N WIRE.

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