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October 17, 1986 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Freedom Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WE WERE POURING3CONCRETE IN HOLE IN HOUL ROAD AND SMOOTHING IT DOWN WITH SHOVELS I NAME GOT THROUGH A HOLE IN ONE BOOTH CAUSING A RAW SPOT & SWELLING OF FOOT.

June 9, 1984 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Freedom Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN HAD PIECE OF ROCK ON HIM & I.NAME & ANOTHER MAN LIFTED IT OFF.

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