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July 25, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
Marco Mining, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had just brought the section foreman a pipe wrench to take slack out of a conveyor chain, when he sat down and apparently had a heart attack. This is still pending an autopsy.

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