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273,095
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2000–2026
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December 26, 2017 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Reliant Contracting, LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee had turned off the feeder, pulled rock up on the side of feeder, then turned the feeder back on. Employee then reached up to pull the rock over to bust it up and a rock flipped up and hit a finger.

October 14, 2005 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
L & E Contracting Inc · Struck by falling object

Tigming up belt entry toward miner timber fall into dekc pinning left arm against from of shuttle car.

June 11, 2001 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Grace Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DRIVE CAR AND HIT A HOLE, BOUNCED AND HURT HIS HIP.

March 22, 2001 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Grace Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR, RAN OVER ROCK, HE WAS THROWN UP TO TOP OF CANOPY, PINNED HIS NECK DOWNWARD AND HURT HIS BACK.

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