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January 27, 2003 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Leslie Mountain Processing, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A RAILROAD JACK TO RAISE TRACK WHEN THE BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED & STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH.

January 27, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Leslie Mountain Processing, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ICE BUILT UP ON TRACK. JACKING TRACK UP OUT OF ICE AND GOB JACK HANDLE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD IN FRONT OF EAR.

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