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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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July 17, 1985 KY · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Diamond Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS COUPLING A CAR TO A MOTOR IN THE TRACK ENTRY OF THE SOUTHWEST LAUREL SECTION ID #004-0 AS EMPLOYEE WAS COUPLING TH CAR HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND THE CO UPLING PIN MASHING EMPLOYEES LEFT MIDDLE FINGER

August 29, 1984 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Diamond Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROSCO BELT FEEDER IN THE #3 ENTRY, 5 CROSSCUTS OUTBY FACE OF THE SOUTHWEST LAUREL SECTION I.D.#400-0. EMPLOYEE STOPPED TO MOVE A CABLE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TO TRAM THE ROSCO. AS EMPLOYEE (INJURED) PASSED BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE ROSCO, IT SWUNG AND STRUCK INJURED KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE RIB INJURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER

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