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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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November 27, 1991 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Lancashire Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE COLLAPSE OF THE CONVEYOR STRUCTURE DURING SALVAGE OPERATIONS.

November 27, 1991 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Lancashire Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE COLLAPSE OF THE CONVEYOR STRUCTURE DURING SLAVAGE OPERATIONS.

October 18, 1985 PA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Lancashire Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TOOLING UP PIPE WRENCH TO BORE HOLE PIPE IN THE BORE HOLE PUMP PIT. AS PIPE-\ X 20\-WAS PULLED FROM BOREHOLE,WATER TRAPPED IN PIPE DISLODGED AND SPLASHED I.NAME IN FACE.

March 29, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lancashire Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN CHOCKLINE WHEN SHEARER REVERSED DIRECTION CAUSING HAULAGE CHAIN TO STRIKE HIM ON DIRECTION CAUSING LEFT TO STRIKE HIM ON THE UPPER LEFT ARM

February 1, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lancashire Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING LONGWALL SHEARER WHEN FLIGHT CAUGHT SHEARER AND MOVED IT FORWARD PINCHING HA BETWEEN DRUM AND LOOSE COAL ON BOTTOM. FRACTURE OF RIGHT DISTAL FIBULA AND TIBIA AND MULTIPL CONTUSION.

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