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January 17, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY

Domestic Coal Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD HI8 LEFT HAND LAYING ON TOP OF THE ROOF BOLTER CANOPY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE MACHINE THE EMPLOYEE TRAMMED THE MACHINE INOT THE COAL RIB CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CANOPY AND THE COAL 9IB THE EMPLOYEES LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT MASHED AND BROKEN

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