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January 7, 2004 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Clean LLC · Fall from ladders

EE STEPPED OFF OF LOADDER ONTO A LOOSE PIPE. HE TURNED HIS L ANKLE AND FELL.

July 15, 2003 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Clean LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF DOZER CAB TO CLEAN WINDOW GLASS. WHILE CLEANING GLASS, HE SLIPPED AND FELL, HITTING TRACKS, THEN FELL TO GROUND AND ROLLED DOWN EMBANKMENT.

December 2, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pond Fork Processing, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PLANT AND STUMBLED OVER A WELDING CABLE, TWISTING HIS ANKLE. EMPLOYERWAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER ON 12-5-02 AND SAFETY DEPT. WAS NOT MADE AWARE UNTIL 12-12- 02 OF INJURY

October 21, 2002 WV · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Clean LLC · Fall from ladders

EE WAS GRINDING INSIDE A CELL; HE STEPPED UP TO THE THIRD STEP OF A LADDER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF, CAUSING HIM TO FALL, STRIKING HIS HIP ON A PIPE. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE INCIDENT & THE EE HAD ONLY WORKED 3 DAYS AT THE MINE.

March 4, 2001 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON REF AREA WHEN HE FELL ON RIGHT ELBOW AND HAND. EE DID NOT NOTIFY EMPLOYER OF INJURY (REASON FOR LOST TIME) UNTIL 3-29-01, WHEN HIS WORKERS COMP CLAIM WAS RECEIVED.

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