While putting up boundary stakes on new property employee had a range pole in one hand and a machete in the other. As employee maneuvered on hillside using range pole and machete for balance he slipped, while catching his balance his left hand was cut by the machete requiring three (3) sutures in the left ring finger and seven (7) sutures in left middle finger.
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Clear Fork Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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