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May 8, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ann Lorentz Coal Company · Struck by falling object

TWO EMPLOYEES I.NAME & I.NAME WERE TEARING DOWN AN OLD WOODEN BUILDING WHEN BUILDING SUDDENLY COLLAPSED STRIKING ONE MAN ON THE HEAD AND STRIKING THE OTHER MAN ON THE LOWER RIGHT LEG, BREAKIN G HIS LEG

May 8, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ann Lorentz Coal Company · Struck by falling object

TWO EMPLOYEES I.NAME & I.NAME WERE TEARING DOWN AN OLD WOODEN BUILDING WHEN BUILDING SUDDENLY COLLAPSED STRIKING ONE MAN ON THE HEAD AND STRIKING THE OTHER MAN ON THE LOWER RIGHT LEG, BREAKIN G HIS LEG

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