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September 4, 2001 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pond River Coal Llc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS DISCONNECTING A HOSE FROM A TANK AND IT FLEW UP STRIKING HIM IN THE EYE. CUTTING HIS RIGHT EYE LID.

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