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December 4, 1987 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Eagle Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ATTEMP7ING TO PUT JEEP POLE ON TROLLEY WIRE SPRAINED HIS SHOULDER

August 6, 1985 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Eagle Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

SLIP IN THE ROOF OF THE MINE.ROCK FELL BETWEEN TWO ROOF BOLTS STRIKING THE INJURED IN THE BACK.

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