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June 15, 2016 MS · Coal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Mississippi Lignite Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was operating a JLG man lift making repairs to the mast on a Marion 8200 dragline. As EE was letting the boom down on the man lift the basket on the man lift came into contact with the handrail on the mast crushing the tip of the left ring finger.

October 3, 2013 MS · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mississippi Lignite Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was dismounting a forklift when the forklift began moving forward catching his leg between the forklift and a chain link fence gate breaking his leg. Employee failed to follow company procedures and policies.

October 12, 2001 MS · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Mississippi Lignite Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 300 ' SECTION OF 6" POLY PIPE WAS BEING TOWED AROUND A LEFT HAND TURN WITH A MINER ON THE GROUND, STANDING BETWEEN A BERM AND A CABLE TREE. WHILE MAKING THE TURN, THE PIPE FOLLOWED ALONG THE BERM UNTIL THE TENSION WAS SUCH THAT THE PIPE BEGAN TO RIDE UP AND OVER THE BERM. WHEN THE POLY PIPE CLEARED THE BERM, THE TENSION ON THE PIPE WAS RELEASED. PIPE HIT THE MINER BELOW LEFT KNEE

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