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April 28, 1986 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Black Hole Mining Of Old Kentucky Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP #1 WAS SI7TING ON DUMP CHARGING SCOOP OPERATORS WHEN SCOOP #2 WAS COMING THROUG A FLY CURTAIN AND HIT SCOOP#1WHILE OPERATORS WAS WALKING UP BETWEEN SCOOP #1 AND RIBCATCHING HIM BETWEEN S SCOOP #1 AND RI6 AND HURTING HIS ANKLE.

March 20, 1986 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Black Hole Mining Of Old Kentucky Inc · Struck by falling object

THE MAN WAS LOA8ING A SHOT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIS BACK THE ROOF BOLTS WAS IN 3 1/2 FT OF FACE THE ROCK WAS ABOUT 1 1/2 THICK AND 3 FT LONG BY 2

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