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June 17, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
South Pole Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A CHAIN S5W TO CUT TREES AND SAW OPERATOR GOT IT STUCK IN TREE. HELPER PUSHED TREE & WHEN THE SAW CAME LOOSE IT HIT THE HELPER ON THE LEG.

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