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April 13, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator OTHER
Empire Coal Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME SAID HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM ONE DAY & CAME OUTIDE BUT HE DID NOT KNOW HE HURT HIS BACK OR NOT & IF HE DID HE DIDNTKNOW WHERE HE HUYRR IT FIRST TIME HE WAS OFF HE WAS TOLD THAT SIN CE HE DIDNT KNOW HERE HE HURT HIS BACK TO TURN IT IN ON INSURANCE HE WAS OFF SEVEN DAYS THE FIRST TIME THEN CAME BACK WORKED TEN DAYS & CAME OUT AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHIFT & SAID HIS B

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