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March 28, 1989 VA · Coal safety director SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reco Mining Inc · Fall down stairs

THE INJURED SAFETY INSTRUCTOR FOR REPO ENERGY WAS VISITING MINE SITE TO DELIVER DUST SAMPLERS.NAME-MINE FOREMAN CAME OUT OF MINE AND FOUND THE INJURED LYING ON THE GROUND.HE ASKED WHAT HAD AHP PENED.THE INJURED SAID HE DID NOT KNOW.HE SEEMED TO BE IN A DAZE AND LATER ASKED THE FOREMAN WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

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