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May 22, 1985 TN · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
A W L Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

USING A ROOF BOLT TO LOOSEN MUD FROM THE TAIL PIECE OF THE BELT LINE. THE TAIL PIECE GRABBED THE ROOF BOLT CAUSING THE ROOF BOLT TO LACERATE THE LITTLE FINGER AND THE RING FINGER, OF LEFT HAND.

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