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February 3, 1989 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bartley & Bartley Coal Company · Struck by falling object

LOADER OPERATOR (INJURED) WAS STANDING BESIDE LOADER WITH HIS HAND RESTING ON TOP OF CANOPY CONVERSING WITH INSPECTOR WHEN A SMALL ROCK FELL FROM ROOF ONTO HIS HAND, BAD BRUISE NO BONES BROKEN .

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