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June 11, 1987 TN · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Scarab Energy Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRAVELING UNDER3OVERCAST VICTIM CAUGHT HEAD ON STEEL BEAM WILL OPERATING A S & S 488 SCOOP.

February 8, 1986 TN · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · MACHINERY
Scarab Energy Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS A FOREMA3 AND HE WAS GOING TO MOVE THE WILCOX ROOF BOLTER FROM #2 TO #1 AND HE WAS APPARENTLY RIDING THE ROOF BOLTER AT THE CONTROLS WHEN THE ROOF BOLTER WENT OVER A HUMP AND HIS KNEE HIT THE ROTATIO3 AND UP-PRESSURE AND IT CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE TOP AND THE HEAD ON THE ROOF BOLTER

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