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July 19, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
D O & W Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MAN WAS WATCHING SCOOP OPERATOR LOAD ROCK BEHING SCOOP. THE OPERATOR DID NOT SEE HIM AND BACKED SCOOP UP OVER THE MANS FOOT.

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