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July 29, 1997 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Stollings Trucking Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ON EXCAVATOR. HE WAS IN LOOSE ROCK ON HILLSIDE. HE LOST CONTROL WHEN TRACK GOT ON ROCK. THE EXCAVATOR ROLLED PINNING THE EE UNDERNEATH.

January 12, 1994 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Stollings Trucking Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS IN DANGEROUS POSITION AND WHEN LOADER ENGINE WAS STARTED BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN LOADER BUCKET & ARM CAUSING SEVERE INTERNAL INJURIES WHICH LED TO DEATH.

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