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September 7, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILL OPERATOR MOVED DRILL FROM A FINISHED HOLE TO ANOTHER POSITRION TO DRILL A NEW HOLE I.NAME WHO WAS HELPING LOAD HOLES WALKED OVER TO WHERE DRILL WAS READY TO BE LEVELED HE MOVED HIS LEFT FOOT UNDER LEVELING PAD AND OPERATOR LET JACK PAD DOWN ON I.NAME TOES FRACTURINGBIG TOE ON LEFT FOOT AND MASHING TWO OTHERS

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