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February 11, 2011 AZ · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Western Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

A scraper and a service truck collided head-on while traveling in opposite directions on a haul road. The impact ignited a fire to both equipment and resulted in fatal injuries to the service truck driver.

November 5, 2006 AZ · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Peabody Western Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

The electrician was in the process of trouble shooting an electrical problem in the line of power feeding the 8200 Dragline. At the time of the accident the victim was in the KM-12 junction box when he contacted live electrical components resulting in fatal injuries.

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