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October 16, 1987 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

MOVING ROCK THAT WAS GETTING STUCK IN SCALPER WHEN CRIB BLOCK CAME OFF BELT STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT HAND.BLOCK CAME FROM SECTION TAILPIECE.IT WAS BEING USED THERE TO PREVENT COAL SPILLAGE.

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