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Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 25, 1995 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
M A G Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

POWER OUTAGE - MEN WERE COMING OUTSIDE. EMPLOYEE USED HIS LEG TO MOVE FLY PAD OUT OF THE WAY. FLY PAD HOOKED ON BOOT WHILE MAN TRIP WAS MOVING - RAISING EMPLOYEE'S LEG TO MINE ROOF. INJURED RI GHT LEG.

November 27, 1994 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
M A G Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BACK ROADWAY, A PIEACE OF 2" BLACK PLASTIC PIPE WAS CAUGHT BY BUCKET END OF SCOOP, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE NOSE.

November 3, 1993 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
M A G Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS DRIVING MAN TRIP & HIT RIB & CAUGHT HIS RIGHT SIDE INJURING HIS RIBS.

September 2, 1993 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
M A G Inc · Struck against a moving object

WORKING ON 4 S CAR WHEN 2 S CAR MADE TURN PUSHED 4 CAR INTO RIB INJURING EE.

May 27, 1992 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M A G Inc · Struck against stationary object

SCOOP OPERATEER WAS TRAMING OUTSIDE WHEN HE RAN INTO HALFHOADER CAUSING HIS SHOULDER AND HEAD TO BE STRUCK BY HALFHEADER.

June 29, 1991 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
M A G Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING THE MINER AND SETTING WITH HIS BACK TO THE RIB WHEN THE RIB ROLLED OFF PINNING HIM DOWN AND FRACTURED HIS PELVIS.

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