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February 21, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY

Nu-Way Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING STRUCTURE FROM DRYER WHEN CHAIN UNHOOKED AND SLIPPED THROUGH BOOM HOOK AND END OF CHAIN WITH HOOK ON IT, STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF HEAD. HE TRIED TO RUN FROM BESIDE CONTROLS, BUT COULD NO T GET OUT OF THE WAY. NO HARD HAT WORN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT BY I,NAME.

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