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June 2, 1995 WV · Coal Fatality · MACHINERY
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS FATLLY INJURED WHILE CUTTING A TREE DOWN.THE TREE HE WAS CUTTING APPARENTLY WAS ENTANGLEDWITH A LARGE DEAD TREE. WHEN THE TREE THAT HE WAS CUTTING FELL, IT UPROOTED THE DEAD TREE CAUSIN G IT TO FALL AND STRIKE HIM - THUS FATALLY INJURING HIM.

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