Mining Incidents

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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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April 2, 1986 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darmac Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE GETTIN1 OUT OF D-9 DOZER AND STRUCK ELBOW AGAINST DOOR AND IT SWELLED

December 12, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darmac Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AWAY FROM AUGER MACHINE WHEN PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 1X6X4 FELL 10FT STRIKING EMP WITH GLANCING BLOW TO LOWER LEFT BACK EMP WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS EXAMINE BY DR MI-LLER AND RELEASED

May 3, 1984 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darmac Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED INTOCAB OF 920 LOADER, WHILE CLOSING THE DOOR CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR AND ITS JAM MIDDLE FINGER WAS CUT THROUGH THE NAIL TO THE BONE-NO FRACTURE-REQUIRED NO STITCHES BUT DRESSING.

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