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December 22, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stansbury & Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS USING A PIN TO KNOCK A CHAIN LOOSE FROM A TRUCK SPRING AFTER HITTING THE CHAIN THE PIN BOUNCED AND MASHED FINGER BETWEEN THE PIN AND THE TRUCK FRAME THIS CAUSED BLOOD TO COLLECT UN DER THE FINGER AIL WHICH HAD TO BE DRAINED

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