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February 7, 1995 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Elizabeth Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

APPARENTLY THE MAN WAS TRYING TO BEND A BOLT AND BOLTER OPERATOR WAS MOVING TO NEXT BOLT POSITION. WHEN BOLTER MOVED BACKWARDS, IT RAISED UP ON REEL END AND THE BOLT HIS WAS BENDING RAISED WIT H THE BOLTER AND TRAPPED HIM BETWEEN BOLT AND TOP.

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