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May 23, 1989 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Silver River Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BATTS SCOOP CABLES WERE IN BEHIND HIM CABLES CUAGHT HIS ARM JAMMING IT INTO EQUIPMENT HURTING HIS ELBOW AND SHOULDER.

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