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November 25, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

L J K Mining Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SURFACE COAL SHUTE HAD STOPPED UP WITH COAL AND EE WAS SHOVELING THE COAL OUT OF THE BOTTOM TO OPEN UP CHUTE WHEN THE COAL IN THE CHUTE BEGAN TO SLIDE OUT OF THE SHUTTLE IT STUCK HIM CAUSING H IM TO FALL OVER AN EMBANKMENT INTO THE COAL PIT.

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