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March 5, 1987 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Trinity Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS SHO5ELING TOP OF TAIL PIECE AND SHOVEL HIT BELT TAKING SHOVEL WAY BELT WAS TRAVELING AND PUSHING SHOVEL HANDLE INTO MINE TOP CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN TOP AND SHOVEL HANDLE.

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