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September 6, 1985 KY · Coal timberman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Terry Glenn Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS SETTING A PULL JACK FOR THE MINER AND HAD HIS HAND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE JACK.THE BOTTOM BUSTED UP CAUSING THE JACK TO SLIP AND IT CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE DEAD EYE AND SMASHED IT.AT THE HOSPITAL THEY X-RAYED IT AND SAID THAT HE WOULD NEED SOME SKIN GRFTED BACK ON IT.

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