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March 14, 1984 KY · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double R Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HAD HAND IN BUMPER OF BATTERY MOTOR WHILE BACKING THROUGH CROSS CUT INTO #2 ENTRY AND CUT MOTOR TO QUICK AND BACKED INTO RIB OF COAL AND MASHED INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER OF R HAND, LOOSING FIRST JOINT OF INDEX FINGER

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