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August 23, 1989 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R A Eberts Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS ON CONVEYOR BELT CRUSHING A LUMP OF COAL WHEN THE SLEDGE HAMMER HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LE KNEE THE EMPL DID NOT THINK INJURY WAS SERIOUS SO HE DID NOT REPORT TO THE FOREM AN ON THE 14TH OF SEPT THE FOREMAN NOTICED THE EMPL LIMPING AND UPON QUESTIONING THE EMPL LEARNED OF THE INJURY AT WHICH TIME THE FOREMAN ADVISED THE MEPL TO GO TO A DR

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