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September 17, 1990 KY · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Canada Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON POWER CENTER: EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED POWER WIRES.

March 12, 1985 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Canada Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE #3 MINE CANADA COAL CO INC. FROM A FALL OF RIB IN WHICH THE VICTIM I.NAME AGE 30 WAS CRUSHED AGAINST THE RIPPER HEAD ON A LEE NORSE 265 CONTINOUS MINER THIS OC CCURRED IN THE #3 ENTRY 100 FT OUTBY THE FACE AREAS WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BITS

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