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July 20, 1994 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PULLING THE MINE TRACTOR UP THE SLOPE, THE ROPE CAME UNHOOKED FROM THE INBY TRACTOR. THE VICTIM GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK TO HOOK IT BACK UP. THE VICTIM'S TRACTOR STARTED MOVING AND CAUGHT HI M AND PINNED HIM AGAINST THE OTHER TRACTOR, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES.

April 25, 1985 PA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Stanford Mining Company · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS HELPING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A SLICK AND SLIDE TYPE POT BROKE LOOSE FROM THE ROOF FALLING ON THE VICTIMS LOWER BODY

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