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November 8, 1997 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Renegade Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS MAN WAS HANGING A MINER CABLE WITH A HELPER, BOTH MEN WERE HOLDING CABLE, THE HELPER DROPPED THE CABLE, & PUT ALL THE WEIGHT ON THIS MAN. HE DID NOT COMPLAIN UNTIL 7 HOURS LATER THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING, HE CALLED FROM HOME ABOUT IT.

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