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February 10, 1984 KY · Coal apprentice, trainee Fatality · MACHINERY

Tall Timber Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO MAINTENANCE MEN WERE TRAMMING A 14-BCM JOY MINER FROM NO 1 ENTRY TO NO 4 ENTRY TO SERVICE THE MINER. UPON REACHING THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN NO 3 & 4 ENTRIES THE MAN OPERATING THE MINER LOOKED BACK AND SAW HIS BUDDY LYING ON THE MINE FLOOR. HE HAD BEEN STRUCK BY THE BOOM OF THE MINER. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IF HE HAD BEEN CAUGHT AGAINST THE COAL RIB

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