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April 8, 1996 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMLOYEE WAS CLASSIFIED AS A GENERAL INSIDE LABORER, HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE TRACTOR TO UNITE #1 AND PICKKKUP A SLINGER DUSTER. HE WAS TO EMPTY TO DUSTER ON THE ROADWAY LEADING OUT OF UN IT #1. HE GOT THE UNIT REPAIRMAN TO HELP HIM HOOK TO THE DUSTER. HE STARTED OUT OF THE UNIT. APPROX 1 X-CUT OUTBY THE WORK BENCH A FEW MIN LATER HE WAS FOUND UNDER THE CAB END OF THE TRACTO

April 9, 1985 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF SCOOP WHEN ANOTHER SCOOP CAME THRU A CURTAIN 3& STRUCK A SERVICE CENTER BEING PUSHED BY THE 1ST SCOOP PUSHING IT INTO RIB & CATCHING THE RT LEG OF I.NAME B ETWEEN THE BLADE OF THER SCOOP & THE RIB. I.NAME HAS A BROKEN LEG & VEIN & MUSCLE DAMAGE.

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