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SHOVELING COAL 0ROM UNDER BELTDRIVE AND STRUCK LARGE PIECE OF SLATE OR COAL AND JAMMED HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING PULL TWO ENDS OF A 36IN BELT LINE TOGETHER PRIOR TO MAKING A SPLICE HE SOMEHOW STRAINED HIMSELF WHILE DOING THIS
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING A STEEL DOOR ON A COAL HANDLING CHUTE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
APPARENTLY WHIL9 ASSISTING ANOTHER MINER LIFTING A CROSSBAR, THE CROSSBAR STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN BACK. EXACT CONDITION ARE UNCERTAIN SINCE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT FULLY AWARE OF SITUATION UNTIL THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRAU9Y.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN LIFTING EXPLOSIVES & TAMPING EXPLOSIVES WHEN HE NOTICED HIS BACK BECOMING PAID FULL. NO DIRECT CAUSE IS KNOW.