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December 20, 1999 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Diamond May Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EE CAME LATE FOR WORK IN HIS RUSH TO CATCH UP HEFORGOT TO BUCKLE HIS SEAT BELT WHEN THE WENT OVER THE BENCH THE BLADE WENT INTO THE GROUND & HE WAS THROWN AGAINST THECAB, CUTTING HIS HEAD Y

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