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1983–2026
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June 23, 2003 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Solar Sources Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE & CO-WORKER WERE GOING TO MOVE A LARGE PIECE OF METAL TO BLOCK UP A LOADER. COWORKER WAS IN THE LOADER AND THE BUCKET WAS IN THE AIR. EE DIRECTED COWORKER IN THE LOADER AND SIGNALED HIM TO STOP. COWORKER SAID HE STOPPED AND WAITED FOR EE TO ATTACH THE CHAIN. EE DID NOT RETURN. COWORKER GOT OFF LOADER & SAW EE WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN LOADER BUCKET & METAL. SUFFERED FATAL HEAD INJURIE

February 24, 1999 IN · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Solar Sources Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

OPERATOR WAS PREPARING TO MARKING HIGHWALL, TO MARK EDGE OF SHOT. WHEN SEVERAL LARGE PIECES OF ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL STRIKING HIM AND COVERING HIS BODY. THIS RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.

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