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August 27, 1985 AK · Metal/Non-Metal apprentice, trainee HOISTING
Tri-Con Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS ASSISTING THE PASSAGE OF CAR PAS BASE DOWN SHAFT WORKING FROM MANWAY COMAPRTMENT EMPPLYEES HEAD BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN SHAFT SKIP AND MANWAY DIVIDER WHEN HE YELLED I NAME WHO WAS RUNNIN THE BELL CORD STOPPED THE SKIP AND RANG SKIP UP AND OF I NAMES HEAD

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