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July 18, 2016 KY · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Yellow Rose Coal Co. LLC · Struck by falling object

Hanging a curtain, a small piece of draw rock fell, striking between shoulder blades.

August 31, 2015 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Yellow Rose Coal Co. LLC · Struck by falling object

Victim allegedly said rock hit him on top of his hard hat 40' inby spad then trammed pinner 80' to last open x-cut. Help hang pinner cable & got pinner out of way. Then he told co-worker what had happened. Co-worker escorted him to section foreman then escorted him outside, then took him to hospital. He refused an ambulance.

March 19, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Yellow Rose Coal, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE was roof bolting on 3/19/2012. A piece of rib fell and hit his left ankle. He did not want an ambulance and just went home. The next day on 3/20/2012 at 3:30PM he went to a clinic and was diagnosed with a broken ankle. Tough guy.

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