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July 16, 1985 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hamlin Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP HAD STEPPED FROM LOADER TO TALK TO HIS FOREMAN AND AS EMP WAS RETURNING TO LOADER HE TWISTED HIS LEG

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