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January 15, 1988 VA · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS (TOXIC AGENTS)
Sidco Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE STARTED HAVING CHEST PAINS IN JANUARY AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS JUST GETTING A COLD, BUT IT WAS PERSISTENT AND ON 3/9/88 HE WORKED AND THE NEXT MORNING HE COULD NOT BREATHE AND HE WENT TO THE DR. ON 3/10/88. FIRST DAY MISSED WORK WAS 3/10/88. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO AN AEROSOLIYID ANTI-FREEZE TO PREVENT COAL FREEZING.

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