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November 13, 1992 AL · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck by powered moving object

FATALLY INJURED MAN WAS RIDING IN BUCKET OF SCOOP FACING DIRECTION OF TRAVEL RETURNING TO SECTION FROM AN ADJACENT SET OF ROOMS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A LOADED RAM CAR.INJURED MAN SUSTAINED INJ URIES THAT LATER PROVED TO BE FATAL

October 15, 1984 AL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Drummond Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS MOVING A CONTINUOUS MINER FROM 2 LEFT ENTRY THRU FACE X-CUTS TO CUT COAL IN NO 1 RT ENTRY CONTINUOUS MINER WAS LOCATED IN X-CUT BETWEEN NO 1 RT & NO 2 RT WHEN VICTIM WAS CAUGHT BETW EEN CONTINUOUS MINER & RIB

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