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273,095
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September 22, 2023 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Was welding a crack in a hydraulic cylinder tube; hydraulic fluid leaked and caused 1st degree burns.

April 22, 2022 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC · Struck by flying object

Track came off of rail of highwall miner while tramming causing a small piece of metal to shear off striking the employee in the left leg below the knee. The employee never missed work till 5/2/2022.

December 30, 2021 WV · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY
Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was cleaning up the out slope below the ALMA seam on the left hand side of Mill Seat. When the excavator took off down the slope overturning on its side down the hill. When the excavator came to rest EE took the seatbelt off and fell out of the seat striking EE's head and shoulder.

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