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November 29, 1995 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blue River Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE AND COWORKER WERE INSTALLING HYBOARD #3 ENTRY. EE WAS HELPING COWORKER HOLD UP BOARD TO GET LINED UP. TOP WAS LITTLE LOWE IN THIS AREA. EE WAS HOLDING BOARD WHILE COWORKER RAISED HEAD OF BO LTER, THEN LAID HIS HAND OVER ON ARM OF BOLTER PLACING HIS THUMB AT PINCH POINT WITH HEAD ARM & CANOPY JACK CASE.

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