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February 3, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
M R M Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD DUMPED A LOADER CAR OF COAL AND WAS REUTRNIGN TO THE CONTINUOUS MINER FOR ANOTHER LOAD WHEN HE STRUCK SOMETHING IN THE ROADWAY CAUSIGN HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.

January 14, 1997 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M R M Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS BLOCKING UP COAL DRILL WHICH HAD BECOME STUCK. DRILL SHIFTED & SETTLE ON EE'S LEFT THUMB CAUSING LACERATION.

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