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November 2, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pine Run Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHUTTEL CAR OPERATOR WAS HELPING SPLICE TRAILING CABLE, HE WAS HITTING SPLICING ARVIL WITH HAMMER. PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM IN RIGHT TESTICLE, HAD TO BE HOSPITALISED AND RIGHT TESTICLE SURGICALL Y REMOVED.

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