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Years on record: 1983–2026
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December 2, 1985 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE

Mott Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPERATORS3COVERALLS WERE CAUGHT BY A ROOF BOLT IN THE ROOF OF THE MINES AND PULLED THE OPERATOR ON TOP OF THE SCOOP

September 13, 1985 VA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator ELECTRICAL

Mott Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)

INJURED WAS PULLING CUTTER CABLE UP AND SPLICE BLEW OUT AND BURNED HIS HAND ARM.

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