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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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January 4, 1995 KY · Coal inspector POWERED HAULAGE
Becky Coal Corp · Fall from machine

INDIVIDUAL [SAFETY ANALYST FOR STATE] WAS RIDING OUT OF MINE ON MAN TRIP WHEN HE UNEXPECTEDLY RAISED UP IN 28" COAL SEAM & WAS KNOCKED OFF SCOOP PAN. PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK & RIGHT ARM.

December 22, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Becky Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT HIT ON RT EYE WITH COAL PARTICLE INJURY SEEMS TO BE MINER PARTICLE EMBEDDED IN EYE CAUSING IRRITATION HE RAN ACROSS A BLOCK OF COAL THAT BUSTED EMPLOYEE WASWEARING GOGGLES THE PAR TICLE CAME IN AT THE SIDE

September 10, 1994 KY · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker POWERED HAULAGE
Becky Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE PLACED HAND ON BACK OF SCOOP WHILE BACKING UP. THE PIN THAT HOLDS PAN ON RAISED UP CAME BACK DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

March 20, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Becky Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

COMING FROM FACE TO LADING POINT IN ELKHORN SCOOP SCRAPED HEAD ON RIB.

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