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October 11, 2013 IN · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Five Star Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A shuttle car driver was tramming through a crosscut from Entry # 5 to Entry # 6. The car driver stopped spoke to the victim. The victim proceeded past the car, traveled through a curtain into the intersection of Entry # 6. The victim told the car driver he was clear. The car proceeded through the curtain and struck the victim between the shuttle car and the left rib.

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