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March 30, 1991 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Summit Processing Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNSTOP CRUSHER WITH STEEL BAR. HE PLUNGED BAR INTO THE COAL THAT WAS STOPPING CRUSHER. THE BAR WENT THRU THE COAL CAUSING HARD TO HIT TOP OF CRUSHER, RESULTING IN SM ASHING TIP OF 3RD FINGER ON LEFT HAND. BAD BRUISED, NOTHING BROKE.

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