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December 15, 1994 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

R W Beck Plant Management Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING A LARGE CHUNK OF GOB STUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE CHUTE, A PIECE BROKE LOOSE, HIT THE BAR WHICH HE WAS DIGGING WITH AND FORCED THE BAR ONTO HIS RIGHT THIGH. INJURY CONSISTED OF BRUI SE AND PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT THIGH.

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