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October 29, 1993 KY · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cd Enterprise Inc · Fall onto or against objects

PM 9/20/93, ARNOLD WAS SPLICING CABLE ON A SHUTTLE CAR AND THE CABLE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT AND THREW HIM INTO THE AIR, WHEN HE LANDED, HE HEARD A "SNAP". HAD SOME PAIN BUT CONTINUED TO WORK. ON 10/29/93 THE MINE WAS MAKING A BELT MOVE AND ARNOLD WAS HANGING CABLE AND LIFTING CRIB BLOCK. AFTER THIS, HIS PAIN WORSENED.

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