I NAME AND OTHER WERE REMOVING THE CABLE HOIST RED DEVILS FROM THE OUTSIDE BELT AFTER MAKING A BELT SPLICE THE HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF OTHER HAND AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB IN THE RELEASE LATCH CUTTING IT.
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June 3, 1988
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Big Boot Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Big Boot Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TRACTOR OPERATO9 HOLDING 4' BAR BEING HIT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.HAD FOOT AGAINST BAR TRYING TO KEEP IT FROM BOUNCING BACK FROM PIN.THE MAN USING HAMMER MISSED END OF BAR AND HIT I.NAME FOOT ON FI RIGHT FOOT.BA9 BEING USED TO KNOCK PIN OUT OF OFF SIDE RIPPER TRUCK.
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