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Eastern Associated Coal Corporation
Harris No. 2 Fall of Rib Accident
Bald Knob, Boone County, West Virginia
June 5, 1975
No. Killed – 3
MESA Final Investigation Report
An assistant mine foreman, loading machine operator, and a service foreman were all killed in a rib fall accident in the No. 3 entry of the Harris No. 2 mine of the Eastern Associated Coal Corporation at Bald Knob, West Virginia.
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