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September 29, 1983 TN · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Four Leaf Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MARTY DIPPEL AND JAY PARTIN WERE LOADING AN IDLER AND OLD TRACKS OFFA D-9G DOZER ONTO A LOW-BOY TRAILER. JAY WAS STANDING IN THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER WHERE THE IDLER WAS MARTY WAS RUNNING THE HILIFT LOADING THE TRACKS, THE CHAIN SLIPPED OFF THE TRACKS KNOCKING OVER THE IDLER ANDIT MASHED JAY\S ANKLE AND FOOT BETWEEN THE IDLER AND THE FRAME OF THE TRAILER.

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