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November 13, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Shell Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM STEPPED ACROSS CONVEYOR BELT TO SHUT OFF PUMP WHEN BELT WAS STOPPED FROM INSIDE HIS FOOT BECAME ENTANGLE IN BELT AND BELT WAS ACTIVATED INSIDE MINE, BEFORE HE COULD FREE HIMSELF, RESULT IN HIM BEING PULLED INTO DRIVE UNIT WHERE UPON HE LOST HIS RIGHT FOOT.

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