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July 27, 1983 AL · Coal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A DRILL STEEL FROM ANOTHER STEEL USING BREAKER CABLE THE BREAKER CABLE WAS IN PLACE AND AS PRESSURE WAS APPLIED THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TH E CABLE AND THE DRILL STEEL

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