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February 21, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Bethel Energy Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE WAS GREASING UNIVERSAL DRIVELINE ON LOCOMOTIVE, PUT LEFT HAND ON U-JOINT TO ROTATE DRIVELINE AROUND TO GREASE FITTING. (EE DIDN'T HAVE PARK BRAKE SET.) LOCOMOTIVE STARTED FREEWHEELING, GLOV E CAUGHT IN U-JOINT WHILE LOCOMOTIVE WAS FREEWHEELING, CAUSING REMOVAL TO TIP OF LEFT RING RINGER.

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