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May 7, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Blaschak Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REPAIRING HANGER BOARD. HE USED HIS HAND TO DETECT WHERE BOLT WAS BROKEN THE SHAKER WAS NOT QUITE STOPPED ALL THE WAY HIS RIGHT HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN SHAKER AND ANGLE IRON EE SHOULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL SHAKER WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED TO REPAIR IT. THIS WAS AN UNSAFE ACT.

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