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April 3, 2000 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Colona Terminal Services Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING AROUND A TAIL PULLEY. THE BELT WAS NOT RUNNING AND THE BREAKER WAS OFF. THE CONVEYOR BELT WAS LOADED WITH COAL DUE TO THE INCLINE OF THE BELT. THE BELT SHIFTED PULLING HIS GLOV E INTO THE PULLEY, UP TO HIS WRIST. THE BELT WAS CUT AND HE WAS RELEASED.

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