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Scoped to Sullivan Darius L & James R

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October 22, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

S & S Fuels · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I.NAME WAS PULLING ON WIRE ROPE THAT RAISES SLIDE GATE ON COAL HOPPER & HURT HIS BACK.

February 3, 1984 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Sullivan Brothers Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE HAD GIVEN ORDERS TO TIGHTEN UP THE BELT WITH A SHEAVE BLOCK AND CHAIN WHEN THEY PROCEEDED TO DO THIS THE HOOK ON THE SHEAVE BLOCK BROKE AND PART OF THE SHEAVE BLOCK HIT HIM IN THE CHEST

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