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May 27, 2020 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Muhlenberg County Coal Company, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was rolling up the curtain in the #11 entry when they stepped in a hole and twisted left knee which caused them to fall. The Hospital determined that they had broken the left leg right below the left knee.

May 29, 2018 KY · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Muhlenberg County Coal Company, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Miner was walking along travel way into crosscut when stepped off small mound of side of roadway, fell to ground, complained of lower lumbar back pain.

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