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2000–2026
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September 9, 2015 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Employee was exiting dozer and stepped on the track and lost his footing. He fell on his butt and bruised his lower back and butt. Employee was using hand rail.

October 31, 2014 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appalachian Mining & Reclamation, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning in draw off tunnel and stepped on bar gate over a drain sump that slipped out of its frame causing the employee to fall in the sump.

June 23, 2014 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appalachian Mining & Reclamation, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was using a chain hoist and a 3/8 chain to lift a side of a screen to change the springs on the right side the chain around a beam holding the hoist broke and the screen fell forcing a spring out hitting him in the right knee causing him to fall.

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