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November 17, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Walkco Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PORTABLE DRILL 9OLLED BACK AGAINST BACK END OF SCOOP BUCKET CATCHING SUBJECTS HAND BETWEEN BACK OF SCOOP BUCKET AND HANDLE OF DRILL THIS DRILL IS NOT USED TO DRILL COAL BUT WAS BEING MOVED OUT OF BATTERY CHA9GING STATION IF WE MOVE THIS DRILL AGAIN IT WILL BE TIED DOWN AND WHEELS BLOCKED

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