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September 4, 2015 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
L R Chapman Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Based on our full internal investigation it is believed that employee had a massive heart attack and/or stroke and died instantly. We performed CPR and called an ambulance (911). Employee was found unresponsive and not breathing and was pronounced dead at the scene. Coroner took the body to Louisville Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy.

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