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April 15, 1989 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jent & Franks Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOWED BUCKET UP ON SCOOP AND GOT OFF SCOOP THEN STUCK HIS HEAD IN BETWEEN SCOOP DECK AND TOP AND LET THE BUCKET OF SCOOP BACK UP AND CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN BUCKET AND TOP AND BROKE HIS JAW AN D DAMAGED A NERVE IN HIS FACE AND HOLE IN EAR DRUM.

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