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August 4, 2000 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Solomon'S Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

ON 7/31 OPERATOR SAID HE HAD BACKED OVER A ROCK.HE WORKED THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND TOLD THE FOREMAN HE MAY HAVE HURT HIS BACK. HE WORKED THE NEXT NIGHT BUT CAME ON HIS REGULAR SHIFT ON 8/4 & TOLD THE FOREMAN HIS BACK WAS HURTING.

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