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June 15, 1998 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Catlin Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

REPAIRMAN SPLICING PINNER CABLE INBY FACE XC #4 ROOM, SCOOP CLEANING #5 ROOM, CUT PIECE OF CABLEOUT & HAD TO MAKE SPLICE ON OUTBY SIDE OF FACE XC SCOOP OPERATOR FINISHED CLEANING #5 ROOM AND STARTED THRU XC TOWARD #4 ROOM DIDINT' SEE REPAIIRMAN & HIT HIM WITH LEFT SIDE OF BUCKET. STOPPED ONLY BECAUSE CABLE WAS ON THE GROUND\

October 29, 1996 IL · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Catlin Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS OPERATION DIESEL SCOOP WHILE ROCK DUSTING. WHILE TRAMMING BACKWARDS, ROOF MAT CAUGHT ON CANOPY OF SCOOP. END OF ROOF MAT CAME INSIDE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT, CAUGHT LEFT ARM CAUSING LACER ATION BEFORE HE COULD STOP.

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