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Years on record: 1983–2026
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February 7, 1986 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Fort Union Mine Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL SHOVELING 7OAL FINES INTO BUCKET AND CARRYING BUCKET TO CONTAINER INTO WHICH COAL FINES WERE PLACED FOR REMOVAL FROM CRUSHER FACILITY.WHILE SHOVELING COAL FINES INTO BUCKET EMPL WAS BENT OVER LIFTING S2OVEL FULL OF FINES WHEN HIS BACK BECAME DISLOCATED.

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