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September 26, 2015 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cahaba Resources LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was checking transmission fluid on dozer, and was found unconscious on ground, possibly related to medical emergency. *The miner never regained consciousness and succumbed to his injuries on October 5, 2015.

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