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January 12, 1994 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Stollings Trucking Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS IN DANGEROUS POSITION AND WHEN LOADER ENGINE WAS STARTED BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN LOADER BUCKET & ARM CAUSING SEVERE INTERNAL INJURIES WHICH LED TO DEATH.

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