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October 16, 1989 VA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
South Fork Energy Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE BIT ON DRILL WHEN HE GOT HIS SHIRT CAUGHT IN ROTATION JERKING HIS ARM.

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