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October 2, 1990 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fork Lick Coal Processors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS SHOVELING RIVER BELT LINE. CAUGHT SHOVEL IN MOVING BELT LINE AND JERKED IT OUT OF HAND. HIT RIGHT HAND. FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK 10/3/90.

October 14, 1987 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fork Lick Coal Processors Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPER PULLING LA9GE PIECE FO ROCK FROM BETWEEN TOP & BOTTOM OF BELT WHILE BELT WAS IN MOTION.ROCK CAME LOOSE CATCHING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND BELT IDLER FRAME.

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