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Small Mine Development LLC · Struck by falling object
SMALL MINE DEVELOPMENT L.L.C. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was operating a jumbo on an incline in the main haulage. The operator drifted to the right rib and the spare drill steel in the drill steel rack came in contact with the right rib. The drill steel gained pressure breaking the drill steel rack striking employee with the drill steel in the head causing a fatal blow.
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