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October 8, 2008 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was assisting in the movement of supplies at the Justice Mine of Independence Coal Company, Inc. During this process he was apparently pinned between a parts car loaded on a rail car and a rib near the first left switch.

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