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November 2, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
As Is Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURIED EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE AND ALIGN THE KELLY BAR WITH AN ANGER FLIGHT IN ORDER TO COUPLE THEN TOGEHTER. THE EE S HAND SLIPPED ON THE WET BAR ALLOWING HIS LEFT THUMB TO BE STRUCK BY THE AUGER FLIGHT SHANK AND THE KELLY BAR THIE KELLY BAR, THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO THE END OF THE LEFT THUMB AND THE RIPPING AWAY OF THE LEFT THUMB NAIL.

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