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March 21, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kristi Ann Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE THE ROOF 6OLTER WAS TRAMMING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION IN #5 ENTRY A PIECE OF ROCK DESCRIBED AS A HORSE BACK FELL AND HIT THE OPERATOR HE WAS PARTLY OUT OF THE DECK OF THE MACHINE THE OP ERATOR WAS CAUG2T BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND PIECE OF ROCK

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