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May 19, 1989 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lowlands Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS REMOVING ROCK & MUD MATERIAL FROM HIGHWALL TO BE MINED ROCK FELL FROM HIGHWALL BREAKING WINDSHIELD OUT OF LOADER & STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT HAND WHICH WAS PLACED ON STEERING WHEEL OF LOA DER.

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