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At approximately 10:15am an employee received fatal crushing injuries as he was helping move a Longwall power center. The fatal injuries occurred when the employee was crushed between the power center and rib as the power center was being moved into a cross cut.

Electrician was performing work on a shuttle car cable reel on the West Main Left section when his received a fatal electrical shock. The electrician came in contact with the exposed 995 volt energized cable leads in the cable reel compartment.

A piece of rock fell from between the pin & rib striking injured on head, shoulder & back. Victim died 11/15/05.

THE EE WAS IN PROCESS OF WORKING A TWIST FROM A ROLL OF WIRE MESH BEING INSTALLED AT #50 SHIELD ON C-2 LONGWALL FACE IN PREPARATION FOR EQUIPMENT RECOVERY. THE INDIVIDUAL POSITIONED HIMSELF WI TH HIS BACK TOWARD THE FACE. A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 9'WIDE X42" HIGHX11" TO 16" THICK FELLFROM THE FACE STRIKING PERSON IN BACK

AT APPROX. 10:40 THEY WERE COMPLETING PINNING AND INSTALLING LINE CURTAIN IN THE FACE OF #3 RIGHT ENTRY. I.NAME WAS PUSHING UP LOOSE COAL WITH DIESEL SCOOP IN THE FACE OF #4 RIGHT ENTRY. ON CO MPLETING PUSHING UP IN #4 RIGHT, I.NAME BACKED HIS SCOOP UP TO THE OUTBY CROSSCUT IN #3 AND #4 AND TRAMMED ACROSS TO THE #2 RT OPEN LAST CROSS CUT. HE TRAMMED HIS SCOOP INTO THE SAME CROSSCUT

AFTER STEPPING OUT OF DRILL, EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY FELL 123 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWALL. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.

EMPLOYEES WERE 8ISASSEMBLING A RADIAL COAL STACKER THE VICTIM WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM THE THIRD AND BASE SECTION WHEN THE FRAME UNDERNEATH COLLAPSED CRUSHING HIM

AN INDEPENDENT 7ONTRACT TRUCK DRIVER HAD DUMPED HIS LOAD OF COAL AND PULLED FORWARD A FEW FEET FROM THE PILE WHEN HE APPARENTLY STOPPED HIS TRUCK TO CHECK THE TAILGATE. THE END LOADER BACKED UP AND THE DRIV9R WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE VEHICLES

EMPLOYEE WAS AP1ARENTLY CLEANING THE FRONT GLASS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LOADER HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE KEEPER PIN AND BOLT ON THE TILT CYLINDER

APARENTLY TRIED3TO GET OUT OF THE FUEL TRUCK ON A DOWN GRADE HE WAS STRUCK BY THE REAR WHEELS OF THE VECHILE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BEHIND SCOOP TRACTR WHEN SCOOP OPERATOR STARTED UNLOADING MATERIAL PUSHING BLADE OUT AND BACKING UP AND RAN OVER INJURED.

MR. BRAFFORD ON HIS WAY TO GET R/R CAR TO DROP IN TO TIPPLE TO LOAD, HE WAS STRUCK BY A END LOADER.