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September 5, 2025 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lexington Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a rock truck on 09/05/2025 and felt pain in lower back after hitting a pothole. EE went to the Emergency Room on 10/05/2025 and the CT Scan showed bulging disc. EE had a follow-up appointment on 10/13/2025 and they want Pre-Approval for PT and MRI. Employee began missing work on 10/08/2025 and estimated return to work is 11/24/2025.

July 21, 2022 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lexington Coal Company, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was operating grader when hydraulic hose burst spraying fluid on turbo causing fire. Employee jumped out of grader to ground injuring

July 20, 2022 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Lexington Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was passenger of man bus when it ran up on mound of dirt and throttle stuck and hit rock.

July 20, 2022 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Lexington Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving bus to the pit when bus ran up on a hump causing fuel pedal to stick. Bus sped up stopping against rock.

June 17, 2022 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lexington Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee was backing a 773 truck down with a load of material to beef up berm and truck did not stop at berm but pushed through berm and descended down slope and landed on its side at lower road.

February 12, 2020 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lexington Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee stated hip area started hurting while operating the end-loader.

December 11, 2019 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lexington Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

The employee was going from the worksite to the plant with a load of coal when the driver came upon a rise in the road and they missed a gear at the top of the rise. The truck was then in neutral and they lost control on the down grade of the rise and the truck turned on its side. The gear shift struck the employee in the rib cage causing a possible fracture to rib.

June 27, 2019 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lexington Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was removing laminated coal to expose coal seam with end loader bucket when they hit rock slinging them and injuring neck.

April 30, 2019 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lexington Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating endloader when the machine jerked causing pain in neck and shoulder. Employee visited family chiropractor who ordered x-rays which revealed mild degenerative disk disease with mild levoscoliosis.

March 4, 2019 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Lexington Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Operating CAT D10R dozer, pushing a big rock out of pit. Using corner of blade to spin the rock out to get behind it. Blade slipped off rock and slammed right shoulder into back of operator's seat.

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