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January 17, 2003 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Sapphire Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING PIN WITH PLIERS WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING PIN WITH HAMMER. CO-WORKER MISSED PIN & HIT EE'S RIGHT WRIST (EE WENT BACK TO WORK SAME DAY, DR SAID WRIST BRUISED.) HIS WRIST KEPT H URTING AND ON 3-17-03 TOOK BACK TO DR AND WRIST WAS FRACTURED.

March 26, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Sapphire Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING CAPS OFF OF BATTERY WHEN HIS KNIFE FOLDED, CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN HIS INDEX FINGER AND THUMB.

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