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July 12, 1989 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator Fatality · MACHINERY

Homer Short Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE OPERATOR WAS LAST SEEN GRADING ACCESS ROAD AT ABOUT 5:00 PM GOING DOWN THE HILL. THE GRADER WAS IDSCOVERED AT ABOUT 1:00 AM OVERTURNED IN CREEK AT THE BRIDGE. THE BODY OF THE DECEASED WAS REMOVED AT ABOUT 2:00 AM BY THE MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTY COYOVER & THE RESCUE SQUAD.

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