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August 7, 1985 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C & T Development Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BELT & BELT ROLLERS, IT IS BELIEVED INDIVIDUAL, WAS USING BOSSES HAMMER TO CLEAN COAL FROM AROUND BELT ROLLER, A SPLICE HIT HAMMER CAUSING HAMMER HANDLE TO STRIKE FINGER MASHING FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE AND FRAME OF BELT, CUTTING LOWER PIECE FROM LOWER PART NEAR END OF FINGER.

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