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September 19, 1983 PA · Coal welder (shop) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

A WIRE ROPE HOLDING THE COAL CHUTE LOADOUT IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION BECAME DISENGAGED CAUSING HUTE TO FALL INTO A VERTICAL POSITION. WHEN THE CHUTE, WHICH WAS HINGED AT ONE END, FELL TO THIS VERTICAL POSITION THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AND APPEARED TO HAVE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A RAIL ROAD RAIL.

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