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July 30, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Patsy Jane Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS HELPING TAKE TRANSMISSION OUT OF LOADER TRANSMISSION GOT HUNG UP & HE WAS TRYING TO FREE IT WHEN CABLE CAME OFF SPOOL ON HOIST LETTING TRANSMISSION FALL PINNING MANS LEG UNDERNEATH IT MANS KNEE WAS BRUISED & PUNCTURED & HE HAS SOMEPOSSIBLE FXS IN FOOT

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