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December 16, 1986 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNSAFE ACT WHIL9 REPAIRING A FILTER PRESS PUTTING HAND INSIDE RUNNING EQUIPEMNT WHILE ATTEMPTING REPAIRS.

August 6, 1985 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

II NAME ACCIDENTLY CUT I NAME S RIGHT LEG WITH SAW. II NAME HAD ASKED I NAME TO HELP HIMN TO BREAK TREE, HE DID NOT NOTICE THAT I NAME HAD MOVED INTO POSITION TO HELP WITH TREE AND CUT I NAME LEG.

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