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May 11, 1988 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shermans Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

V BELT WAS SLIPPING ON DRIVE OF WORM. EMPL GRABBED BELT TO CREATE TENSION TO GET BELT MOVING. BELT STARTED TO DRIVE & PULLED EMPL HAND INTO SPROCKET SMASHING HIS FINGERTIP.

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