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August 23, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS EVIDENTLY INSPECTING HIS SHUTTLE CAR CABLE WHICH HAD LOST POWER. HE WAS STANDING AT THE SHUTTLE CAR REEL BETWEEN THE CAR AND CURTAIN APPROXIMATELY 5' AWAY. A SCOOP BACKED THROUGH THE CURTAIN AND HIT THE CAR AND EMPLOYEE, PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND CAR.

December 30, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM HAD DUMPED A LOAD OF COAL IN THE BIN. HE PULLED AWAY FROM BIN, GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK, WENT TO REAR OF TRUCK TO CLEAN OFF LOOSE COAL FROM PUSH BLOCK. THE END LOADER USED TO CLEAN UP T HE BIN, BACKED AWAY FROM BIN, STRUCK HIM, PINNED HIM AGAINST BACK OF TRUCK.

January 15, 1985 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Pyro Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE PUT POWER UP ON FEEDER HYDRAULIC HOSE HAD TRAM LEVER ENGAGED FEEDER SWUNG AROUND AND PINNED EMPLOYEE AGAINST RIB EMPLOYEE DIED FROM RUPTURED AORTA AT 1:17 PM

October 30, 1984 KY · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Pyro Mining Company · Struck by powered moving object

TWO MOTORS HAULING EMPTY TRAILERS RAN TOGETHER-ONE SUPPLY CAR WENT ONTO THE TOP OF ONE MOTOR

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