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August 30, 1988 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

V Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED EMPL STATED HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONDUIT RUBBER INTO A TREAD LIKE PIECE OF MATERIAL WAS ALL THAT WAS HOLDING IT TOGETHER HE USED THE UTILITY KNIFE AND PULLED HARD TO CUT THE STRIN G THE KNIFE CUT IT AND WITH THE PRESSURE APPLIED CAME ON AND WEN INTO HIS R THUMB BETWEEN KNUCKLE AND JOINT

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