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Of which fatal
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February 21, 2025 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was lying on employee's side changing a torque shaft on the continuous miner when a large rock slid off the miner and pinned employee between rock and frame of the miner.

December 16, 2020 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was loading roof bolt supplies onto the roof bolter when a co-worker threw a bundle of roof bolt plates and caught employee's finger between the plates and the roof bolter.

May 24, 2019 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was shoveling coal onto the belt conveyor when EE felt a pain in EE's left shoulder.

October 13, 2014 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was hanging the continuous miner cable when he felt something start burning in his lower back.

July 23, 2014 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was opening airlock door to allow a scoop to travel through when the supply car being pulled by the scoop struck the door causing it to strike employees leg.

March 27, 2014 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

A co-worker was setting a 7 foot timber, when he loss control of the timber it fell on the left foot of this employee.

September 10, 2013 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While working on track, the EE dropped a rail and the rail kicked back and struck the EE on the left foot.

February 12, 2013 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was shoveling under the belt conveyor when he felt something pull in his shoulder.

February 4, 2013 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

While unloading cinder blocks from scoop bucket, employee dropped one of the blocks on his right knee.

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