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April 28, 2000 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Carbolith Extraction Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED STATED HE WAS OPERATING S CAR IN #2 ENTRY OF ORT. S CAR FELL INTO A WASH OUT STOPPING ABRUPTLY CAUSING INJURED TO STRIKE HEAD OFF CANOPY OF S CAR, JAMMING NECK AND BACK. INJURED FELL O UT OF CAR, CAR STAYED IN POSITION. EMT IN SECTION TREATED INJURED. ANOTHER EMT ARRIVED 15 MIN LATER TRANSPORTING INJURED TO SURFACE.

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