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December 6, 1994 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tau Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS INSTALLING LIFT JACK ON D-9 DOZER, USING A 992 LOADER TO SUPPORT THE JACK. HE REACHED DONW TO ALING BEARING AND END OF JACK THE JACK SLIPPED INTO PLACE SUDDENLY WHEN THIS HAPPENED IT CAUGHT THE END OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

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