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March 22, 1990 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tram Mining · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILL OPERATOR HAD FINISHED DRILLING FACE & WAS LOADING DRILL ONTO SCOOP TO TRANSPORT IT TO NEXT PLACE WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO BAPTIST REIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WHERE DR SAID CORD THAT LEADS FROM NAVEL TO SCROTUM WAS INJURED CASUING SEVERE PAIN.

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