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A fully trained miner was fatally injured while attempting to remove a splice pin from a 72" mechanical belt splice. The splice was positioned near the outby side of the tail frame. The victim was positioned between the bottom conveyor belt and the top conveyor belt. Investigation is on-going by company, state and federal officials.

Oil leak was noticed during operation of the end loader. Foreman instructed operator to block the machine & went to get oil. Returned & found EE under the machine looking for the leak. Loader had been raised by tilting the bucket on the ground. Foreman got under machine to help look. Machine came down on top of them shortly after that, just as foreman saw that it was not blocked.

A fatal accident occurred on the longwall face around #144 shield. A ladder line hose got pinched under the toe of the #144 shield. EE did not see hose under shield and initiated the electronic push of the pan-line. The hose that was pinched under the toe of the shield, stretched by movement of pan-line, broke apart and high pressure emulsion fluid struck victim as he traveled by.

EE was cutting grass with 7300 compact track loader w/attached brush hog. For some unknown reason the machine lost traction and slid down small embankment into water. Cause of incident unknown at this time. Compliance with rules/reg not a factor, mining equip/system unknown to be a factor, but was used, PPE not a factor, job skills/miner proficiency/training/attitude not a factor.

Employee was directing an end loader towards himself to hook a strap to it for removal of a dolly that was used to move the hi-wall miner launch. Contributing factors were attempting to hook a 6' strap while standing in front of this moving machine and stationary dolly. Cause was human error/bad judgement by the victim and end loader opr.

The victim was leaning over a base lift jack housing. The molded casing catastrophically failed striking the victim in the chest from unknown/undetectable reasons. Cause was catastrophic failure of the housing. Compliance with rules/regs, protective items not a factor, miner proficiency may be a factor, mining equip/systems may be a factor.