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August 31, 2017 KY · Coal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P B Dirt Movers, Inc · Struck by flying object

Miner cut a small diameter tree, which fell & bounced, causing the butt of the tree trunk to spring up, striking the miner in the chest. At the hospital it was determined, the miner suffered a fractured sternum, and that a laceration of the liver occurred, but had ceased bleeding. Miner admitted to Pikeville Medical Center.

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