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March 26, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Elkhorn Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP. SAID HE HAD PULLED OVER TO LET A COAL TRUCK PASS, THE ENGINE STALLED . THE EMP. SAID THAT HE PANICKED. THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN THRE SLOPE INTO A DITCH. THE TRUCK WAS NOT HURT. I.NAME SAID THAT HE WAS OK EXCEPT HIS HEAD HURT. SO BOSS PUT HIM INTO HIS TRUCK AND TOOK HIM TO AR HOSPITAL AT WILLIAMSON. IT WAS RAINING HARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

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