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December 10, 1984 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shamrock Fuel Inc · Struck against stationary object

SUBJECT WAS SUING A SLATE BAR TO BREAK UP LUMP OF COAL IN BOTTOM OF DUMP HOPPER THE COAL BROKE LOOSE AND SLATE BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND CAUSING HIS FINGERS TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE COAL AND THE HOPPER AT THIS POINT SUBJECT WAS INJURED

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