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January 30, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mesa Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADER OPERATOR WAS CLEANIGN CCOAL OFF WITH 988 AND BACKED INTO HIGHWALL TO AVOID BACKING INTO DOZER.

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