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April 25, 2016 MD · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Savage Mountain Minerals, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was performing maintenance work. While attempting to remove a lug nut EE got hand between an air wrench and the work and suffered a lacerated finger.

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