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February 17, 1989 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
T M Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND AS THE SCOOP ARTICULATED, THE VICTIM LEFT HAND WAS PLACED INADVERTQNTLY IN THE PINCH POINT AREA AND THE 2 AND 3 FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND WERE PINCHED CAUSING A MPUTATION AT THE LAST JOINT DISTAL TO THE HAND INFORMATION FROM VICTIM ABOUT INJURY.

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