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March 23, 1998 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Noseman Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM STATED HIS KNEE LOCKED UP DUE TO AN OLD INJURY HE HAD IN 1994. EE STATED TO THE SUPT., THAT HE DID NOT INJURE HIMSELFT INSIDE THE MINE IT WAS AN OLD INJURY ACTING UP AGAIN. HE WAS WALKI NG WHEN IT HAPPENED.

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