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December 12, 1985 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M K Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

AFTER DUMPING L2AD OF ROCK OUTSIDE,SCOOP OPER PROCEEDED BACK INTO MINE WITH SCOOP.A ROCK HAD FALLEN OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET.SCOOP RAN OVER ROCK AND BOUNCED MAN INTO ROOF STRIKING HIS NECK.

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