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May 4, 1984 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ratliff Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CLEANING OUT FROM UNDER THE TIPPLE AND AS HE JUMPED DOWN UNDER THE TIPPLE HE TWISTED HIS LEG, AND PINCHED A NERVE IN LOWER BACK

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