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May 7, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE

Desperado Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING MOBILE BRIDGE UNIT TO THE OUTSIDE. ENTRY WAS ONLY 16' WIDE DUE TO THE FIRST LINE OF BREAKS REQUIREMENTS. HE WAS PINNED INTO RIB WHEN MINER WAS ROUNDING CORNER STIFF JACKI NG HIS UNIT SIDEWAYS. INJURED WAS BRUISED HIPS AND NOT BELIEVED TO BE SERIOUS.

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