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June 20, 1984 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS ON THE GROUND WORKING O/N A WATER HOSE IN PACKER 1 PIT 9 ALONG SIDE THE HIGHWALL-ROCKVROKE OFF THE HIGHWALL AND STRUCK HIM. COVERED FROM WAIST TO FEET IN ROCK CAUSING SERIOUS INJUR Y.

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