SCOOP HAD BEEN CLEANING TAILPIECE AND WAS BACKING AWAY FROM TAILPIECE INTO CROSSCUT ONE BLOCK INBY THE TAILPIECE. AFTER THE SCOOP CLEARED THE BELT ENTRY THE SHUTTLE CAR STARTED TO TAIL TO DUMP . THE SCOOP KICKED OUT OF TRAM RUNNING BACK IN BELT ENTRY HITTING SHUTTLE CAR. THE CORSSCUT WAS ON GRADE AND DRY.
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April 21, 1994
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Leivasy Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object
Leivasy Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object
OPERATING MINER WHEN IT WAS HIT BY SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING OPERATOR TO HIT SHOULDER RIGHT AND TWISTED NECK.
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