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273,095
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1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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June 28, 2010 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
D & C Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Running 506 Jeffery Bridge Carrier caught left foot between rib & carried. Mashed foot but no broken bones.

January 20, 2005 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
D & C Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

482 Scoop. He was scooping rocks got head over scoop and caught head between scoop and top of roof.

February 17, 2003 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
D & C Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TAKING DOOR OFF OF #2-506. CARRIER OPERATOR OF #1-506 CARRIER PUSHED #1 CARRIER BACKWARD INTO STRUCTURE.

August 20, 2002 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
D & C Mining Corporation · Struck against stationary object

JUMPED FROM MOVING LOADER.

March 29, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
D & C Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRIDGE CHAIN CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN AND ROCK. ROCK 6 IN BY 14 IN ONE END SHARP AS RAZOR.

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