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November 22, 2004 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

New Phase Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FOOT SLIPPED ON ROCK FORCING FOOT UNTER SCOOP BUCKETT AND SCOOP PINNED FOOT BETWEEN SCOOP BUCKET AND BOTTOM

June 22, 2004 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE

New Phase Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP, CLEANING OUT BY SECTION. CANOPY CLIPPED ROOF STRAP, FORCING STRAP UNDER CANOPY, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT SIDE OF FACE AND NOSE RESULTING IN A SEVERE CUT IN RIGHT JAW AND CUT UNDER RIGHT EYE. SAFETY GLASSED PREVENTED SERIOUS INJURY TO EYES.

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