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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 20, 1996 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Noseman Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE PLACED HIMSELF ON TOP OF THE FEEDER AND THEN PUSHED THE CONTROL LEVERS TO LOWER THE FEEDER AND THE FEEDER BUMPED UPWARD HITTING HIM IN THE CHEST AREA AND THE ROOF OF THE MINE SLIG HTLY CAUSING HIM TO BE BRUISED AND HAVE SLIGHT CHEST PAINS.

July 19, 1994 WV · Coal timberman POWERED HAULAGE
Noseman Branch Mining Inc · Struck by powered moving object

HE HAD BACK TO FLY PADS TAKING CENTER - SCOOP CAME THROUGH FLIES AND SCOOP BUCKET WENT OVER TOP OF HIM.

April 8, 1994 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Noseman Branch Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIB ROCK WAS PUSHED UP IN DECK WITH OPERATOR STRICKING HIM ON LEFT ARM

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