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January 21, 1991 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Amherst Industries Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE BREAKING COAL LUMPS WITH 61 LB SLEDGE HAMMER FELT PULL IN BACK.

December 21, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Amherst Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLS HAND WAS PINCHED BY WRECKING BAR WHILE SLOSING RAIL CAR WHICH HAD BEEN EMPTIED WHILE LOADING BARGE.

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