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1983–2026
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July 26, 1983 WA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Palmer Coking Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SIKES AND MORRIS WERE BRE SIKES AND MORRIS WERE BREAKING ROCKS TOO BIG TO FIT ONTO THE R AW COAL BELT SIKES PLACED HIS HAND ON A ROCK NOT THINKING MORRIS WAS GOING TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL SWING AT IT WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER SIKES LEFT RING FINGER WAS BROKEN AT THE END JOINT AND SPLIT OPEN REQUIRING STICHES

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