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October 17, 2018 WV · Coal auger helper Fatality · MACHINERY
PRINCESS POLLY ANNA COAL, INC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A 33 year old miner was attempting to move an auger steel with an onboard crane when a section of the auger struck ee chest. EE was transported by ambulance to a hospital where ee died.

June 25, 2001 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Polly Anna Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPEED-COME AROUND CURVE-MET TRUCK AND SLID INTO IT.

January 27, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Polly Anna Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK HAULING STARTED TO SNOW TRIED TO COME DOWN HILL AND HIT ICE, CHAINS WERE ON TRUCK BUT HE HAD NOT PUT ON.

September 22, 2000 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Polly Anna Coal Inc · Struck by powered moving object

MINER WAS BENT ACROSS MINER WORKING ON THE WATERLINE WHEN HAULER KNOCKED MANTRIP INTO HIS RIGHT LEG.

August 16, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Princess Polly Anna Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS SETTING SECOND BOLT OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN LOOSE ROOF BETWEEN BOLTS FELL ON HIM.

July 17, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Princess Polly Anna Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FOUND AREA OF ROOF THAT HAD FALLEN 18' BY 18' BY 6' HIGH. THIS WAS IN AN OUT BY AREA IN THE INTAKE AIRWAY. THIS WAS A BAD AREA OF TOP WHEN IT WAS ADVANCED.

July 10, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Princess Polly Anna Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FOUND AREA OF ROOF THAT HAD FALLEN 20 FT BY 20 FT BY 5 FT HIGH. THIS WAS IN AN OUT BY AREA THAT HAD SLOWLY DETERIORATED. THIS WAS IN A NEUTRAL AIRWAY.

February 6, 2000 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Polly Anna Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS CARRYING A 5 GALLON CAN OF FUEL OIL TO PUT IN LOADER.

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