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December 3, 2025 PA · Coal driller operator HOISTING
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employees right knee was caught between the bucket being raised and the bucket on the bottom of the shaft.

December 26, 2024 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HOISTING
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee operating hoist had their right ring and pinky finger smashed after running the hoist block onto their fingers. Injury was not a result of lack of training.

July 16, 2017 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HOISTING
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE and a coworker were on the industrial elevator at Enlow Mine. EE's fingers were pinched between the door of the elevator and the door frame for the elevator door. EE lost the fingernail on and fractured a phalanx in left ring finger.

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