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June 11, 1987 KY · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Kentucky Carbon Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 USING A PERSONNEL CARRIER TO PULL THE CONVEYOR CHAIN ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER (JOY 14-CM5) BY USING A CHAIN HOIST BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN T2E PERSONNEL CARRIER RAN UP UNDER THEBOOM OF THE MINER.

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