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273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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July 25, 2023 IL · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner POWERED HAULAGE
Patton Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

driving emu on beltline, got poked in eye by white wire

January 20, 2022 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Patton Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

EE was assisting with the installation of a pulley on the surface refuse belt. The pulley became bound up and a telehandler was being used to maneuver the pulley as to align the bolt holes. The pulley broke loose from the bolt that had been installed and shifted, striking the EE in the face.

October 9, 2021 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Patton Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

Operating a scoop heading inby battery first hauling cribbing. Scraped rib hit a rib strap that came into operators cab. Hitting I.E. in the right foot.

July 7, 2021 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Patton Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was standing on the DMU jack plate and the FCT was moving when the guarding on the sprocket car went over employee's foot.

April 7, 2021 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Patton Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

a repairman was greasing the hopper on the FCT next to the landing on the DMU. The miner was backing up and the tail of the miner hit the hopper causing the hopper to move and pinched the repairman foot between the tire of the FCT and the railing of the DMU.

November 11, 2013 IL · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Patton Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While clearing himself from pathway of buggy cable, operator turned on buggy and the cable caught employees' leg and flipped him.

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