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August 9, 1989 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ivy Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIDING WORK BUS HOME FROM WORK AND UMWA PICKETS THREWS ROCKS AND HIT I,NAME IN THE HEAD, HE WAS TEMPORIARLY KNOCKED OUT AND TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER TO RUSSLE COUNTY MEDICAL EMERGENCY ROOM. T HE CUT REQUIRED 8 STITCHES.

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