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Preliminary Report - Fatality #23 - December 7, 2011

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An excavator operator was fatally injured at approximately 0733 hours on 12/07/2011 in the pit of a surface mine operation. The excavator operator was loading shot material in the pit when a portion of the highwall collapsed on the operator's compartment of the excavator.