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March 14, 2019 KY · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Pulled into #4 Right Return side of the belt feeder dropped bucket, turned off scoop, put hands on canopy to pull himself out of operators compartment and scoop rolled mashing left hand against canopy and mine roof.

March 1, 2019 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co. · Struck by falling object

Replacing springs & U-bolts on MAC-8 Personal Carrier when the blocking creaked out letting the personal carrier come down and strike EE in the left shoulder breaking EE's left collar bone

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