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June 5, 1987 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Hardin-Mapes Coal Corp · Contact with electrical current

WAS HANGING CUR7AIN CABLE GOT AHOLD OF BAD PLACE ON CABLE CAUSING IT TO SHOCK EMPLOYEE.THE EMPLOYEE HAD AN ACCIDENT ON 04-29-87,THERE WAS NO LOST TIME ON THIS ACCIDENT,WHERE THE EMPLOYEE HAD B EEN ELECTOCUTED3AND THE DOCTOR BELIEVED THIS HAD SOMETHINGTO DO WITH THE EMPLOYEES NERVES.

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