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January 10, 2025 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Wilson Creek Energy LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An employee was crushed between a mobile bridge carrier (MBC) and the coal rib.

October 22, 2022 PA · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Wilson Creek Energy LLC · Contact with electrical current

An examiner was found unresponsive in an underground sump. As of this time the exact cause of the employee's death is still undetermined.

September 26, 2012 TN · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kopper Glo Mining, LLC · Struck by falling object

Victim was inby last row of support when a rock fell on him causing death.

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