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2000–2026
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March 28, 2025 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Frontier Coal Company · Struck by falling object

Ran into rib with scoop causing the rib to slough and hit the operator.

April 5, 2017 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Frontier Coal Company, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Was putting cable behind anchor. The shuttle car lost power. Went and put power back in, and the stop, start switch was stuck and the cable started taking up and hit employee on the back of the legs and flipped employee. Employee landed on left wrist and head bounced off the bottom of the mine floor.

September 17, 2012 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Frontier Coal Company, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was un-hanging the bolter cable in the No. 6 cross-cut when a shuttle car caught the cable and jerked it from the hangers. The cable struck the employee and caused him to fall striking his right hip on the mine floor.

September 15, 2008 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Frontier Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by powered moving object

EE was making a spice on a shuttle car cable, when the scoop operator trammed the scoop around the corner and struck the EE. The EE was knocked over by the scoop.

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