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June 17, 2008 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
San-West Coal Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was helping move a 245LN miner, when he reached for the cable, he put his left hand on the cable standoff when the back of the moner came up and caught his arm between the roof and the frame of the miner fracturing his left arm near his wrist.

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