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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 22, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Chloe Elkhorn Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE SAID HE HIT HIS LEG ONTHE INSIDE OF PECK WHILE TRAMMING TO THE FEEDER. HE TWISTED HIS LEG.

April 20, 1991 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS RUNNING 482 SCOOP ON PILLAR WORK RAN OVER A SLUG OF ROCK AT PAS #1573 HIM IN THE TOP AND SAID TO HURT HIS BACK AND NECK.

April 5, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MAN TRIP TO THE OUTSIDE. HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND BEHIND SCOOP BUCKET TO PULL HIMSELF UP OFF HIS KNEES. I.NAME RAISED THE SCOOP BUCKET. THE STOP ON THE SCOOP MASHED HI S FINGER.

December 14, 1985 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
South Fork Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FOREMAN WENT IN7O PLACE WHERE SCOOP WAS LOADING DIDNT ALERT SCOOP OPERATOR OF HIS PRESENCE.OPERATOR LOADED SCOOP AND BACKED OUT -FOREMAN WAS PINNED AGAINST RIB BY SCOOP.

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