HE UNLOCKED THE GATE AT THE MINE ENTRANCE. HE RAN BACK TO HIS TRUCK BECAUSE IT CAUGHT FIRE. HE WAS PUSHING HIS TRUCK TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY. THE GATE CAUGHT THE DOOR OF HIS TRUCK SO HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF HIS TRUCK. HE DIED OF SMOKE INHALATION.
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Camp Fork Fuel Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Camp Fork Fuel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLING BELT UP WITH 5/8 ROPE PC.OF ROPE CLAMP BROKE & HIT HIM HE WAS ASKED TO BE TAKEN TO DOC.& REFUSED
October 15, 1987
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Camp Fork Fuel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLING A BRIDG9 AND CHAIN BROKE.
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