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April 26, 1996 WV · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE

Justin Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINERS WERE PULLING A 21SC SHUTTLE CAR WITH A 270 TRACTOR. THE CHAIN WAS UNHOOKED FROM SHUTTLE CAR AND THE TRACTOR TRAMMED AWAY. THE CHAIN ACCIDENTLY BECAME HUNG ON SHUTTLE CAR AND CAUSED THE SHUTTLE CAR TO PIVOT AND CATCH HIM BETWEEN THE SHUTTLE CAR AND THE COAL RIB.

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