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February 16, 2004 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Frontier Management Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHECKING COAL AT FUEL SCREW DISCHARGE EMPLOYEE GOT THUMB IN CONTACT WITH SCREW CAUSING THUMB TO CATCH BETWEEN SCREW AND HOUSING WHICH CUT RIGHT HAND THUMB OFF TO KNUCKLE.

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