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273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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April 3, 2024 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Active Resources, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was beating a bearing off the shaft on the dryer with a sledge hammer while prying with a bar. While beating the bearing a piece of metal went into EE's eye.

March 7, 2022 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Active Resources, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Three men attempting to remove a large rock from raw coal belt. Two were lifting the rock, one was using a slate bar to pry. Slate bar slipped from beneath the rock striking one of the lifters in the left eye.

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