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INDIV WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A BLOCKAGE OF COAL AT OUT COAL SURGE PILE. INDIV DID NOT USE THE PRY BAR PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE, NOR DID HE USE THE SAFETY LINE AND BELT WHICH IS PROVIDED. APPA RENTLY THE INDIV WALKED OUT (OVER) THE SURGE PILE FEED OPENING, TRIED TO DISLODGE THE BLOCKAGE BY KICKING AT IT. THE SIDES OF THE PILE GAVE WAY, AND THE MAN FELL INTO THE FEEDER SYNTRONS AND

INJURED PERSON WAS OPERATING A ROBBINS DRILL DRILLING ROCK BELOW THE #11 COAL SEAM.THIS DRILLING WAS BEING DONE IN THE PAGE DRAGLINE S/N 377 PIT.S MASSIVE HIGHWALL SLIDE SOME 75 TO 80 FT DOWN THE PIT AREA IN WHICH EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING MOVED OUT AND DOWN THE PIT COVERING HIM AND THE DRILL RIH HE WAS OPERATING.

A CUSTOMER DROVE HIS TRUCK IN FOR A LOAD OF MATERIAL. HE WENT TO THE SPRAY AREA TO CLEAN THE BED OF HIS TRUCK. HE DROVE 100 TO 150 FEET FROM THE AREA AND RAISED THE TRUCK BED INTO A 7,200 VOLT POWER LINE. A MINE EMPLOYEE FOUND THE VICTIM LYING NEXT TO HIS TRUCK AND THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE SECTION MANTRIP WAS TRAVELING TOWARD THE OUTSIDE OF THE MINE APPROX 2000FT OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION A LARGE PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING 3 EMPLOYEES AND SU BSEQUENTLY RENDERING FATAL INJURIES TO ONE OF THE MEN.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SECTION WHEN BLAST AND ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED EMPLOYEE'S BODY WAS FOUND ON SECTION.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON ACTIVE SECTION WHEN BLAST AND ENSUING ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED.EMPLOYEE'S BODY WAS FO UND UNDER FRONT WHEEL OF SCOOP.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS ON WORKING SECTION.WHEN BLAST AND ENSUING ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED EMPLOYEE'S B ODY WAS FOUND NEAR CONTINUOUS MINER.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON ACTIVE SECTION WHEN BLAST AND ENSUING ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED.EMPLOYEE'S BIDY WAS FO UND IN CONVEYOR BOOM OF SHUTTLE CAR.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS SECTION FOREMAN ON 3RD SHIFT DURING WORK ACTIVITIES,EXPLOSION, AND ENTRAPMENT.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SECTION WHEN BLAST AND ENSUING ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED.EMPLOYEE'S BODY WAS FOUND IN OPERATOR'S DECL OF SHUTTLE CAR.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SECTION WHEN BLAST AND ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED EMPLOYEE'S BODY WAS FOUND ON SECTION.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SECTION WHEN BLAST ANS ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED.EMPLOYEE'S BODY WAS FOUND NEAR CONTIN UOUS MINER.

APPARENTLY BECAME UNCONSCIOUS WHILE DRIVING AN 85 TON WABCO TRUCK DOWN A HAUL ROAD TO A DUMP SID

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING TOWARD FACE AREA.APPEARS HE DROVE HIMSELF INTO COAL RIB ALONG ROADWAY.

CRANE BOOM TIPPED OVER ON BUCKET. OUTRIGGERS WERE NOT EXTENDED. EMPLOYEE IN BUCKET DIED.

A FLEET OF SCRAPERS WAS HAULING SUBSOIL TO A STOCKPILE.TWO CAT 651 SCRAPERS COLLIDED HEAD-ON ON THE HAUL ROAD.THE HAUL ROAD WAS WIDE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC.THE HAUL ROAD WAS IN GOOD COND ITION AND VISIBILITY WAS GOOD.IT APPEARS THAT THE MAN THAT WAS FATALLY INJURED WAS ON THE WRONG LANE.

AN EMULSION JACK WAS BEING USED TO FREE LONGWALL SHIELD NO 125,WHICH WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE GOB PLATE AND SHIELD NO 124.THE PLATE WAS ANGLED;LEANING TOWARD THE JACK.AS THE JACK WAS PRESSURIZED THE PLATE ANGLE DECREASED ENOUGH TO FREE THE JACK HEAD;RELEASINNG THE POTENTIAL ENERGY STORED IN THE FLEXING OF THE PLATE.THIS CAUSED THE JACK TO COME UP STRIKING EMPLOYEE.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOORS IN RAILROAD CAR EMPTIES,THE JACKING BAR SLIPPED AND BAR STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD.BREAKING JAW AND NECK.

A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE LANYARD TO THE SAFETY BELT WORN BY THE VICTIM BECAME ENTANGLED WITH A SLOW MOVING SHAFT.

DURING THE NORMAL MINING CYCLE A ROOF FALL OCCURRED SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING IN SLIP FORM STARTING APPROXIMATELY 39 TO 40 FT INBY SPAD NO 48 IN THE NO 1 ENTRY WHICH RESULTED IN FATAL INJUR IES TO THE MINER OPERATOR.THE FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 10 FEET IN WIDTH AND 0 TO 6 FT IN THICKNESS.THE MINER OPERATOR WAS LOCATED IN THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT UNDER PERMANENTLY SUPPO

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING OUT A HOIST CYLINDER ON A CLARK FRONTEND LOADER WHEN HE CRAWLED BETWEEN THE BOOM ARMS OF THE LOADER (WITHOUT SUPPORTING THE BOOM) AND REMOVED THE PLUG FROM THE HYD. LINE ALLOWING THE BUCKET TO FALL PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE SHOP FLOOR, RESULTING IN DEATH.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TRAVELING TO THE OUTSIDE BY WAY OF THE BELTLINE.THEY BOTH WERE OPERATING SCOOPS.THE BATTERIES WERE LOW ON THE 1ST SCOOP AND WAS BEING PUSHED BY THE 2ND ONE.THE 2ND ONE START ED BACKWARDS, INTO THE BELTLINE RESULTING IN INSTANT DEATH DUE TO INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND CHEST.

FATALLY INJURED MAN WAS RIDING IN BUCKET OF SCOOP FACING DIRECTION OF TRAVEL RETURNING TO SECTION FROM AN ADJACENT SET OF ROOMS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A LOADED RAM CAR.INJURED MAN SUSTAINED INJ URIES THAT LATER PROVED TO BE FATAL

DRAGLINE WENT INTO LAKE.

EMPLOYEE FAILED TO FOLLOW ESTABLISHED PROCEDURE OF DUMPING AT BOTTOM OF UNDERCUT PILES. EMPLOYEE BACKED TRUCK ONTO AN UNDERCUT PILE RESULTING IN TRUCK ROLLING OVER FATALLY INJURING DRIVER. EMP LOYEE REPORTED TO WORK AT 8:40 A.M. AFTER WORKING A 4:00 P.M. TO 11:30 SHIFT AT HIS OTHER PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TYING IN ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP WIRES FOR A SHOT WHEN A FAST MOVING ELECTRICAL STORM AND LIGHTENING CAUSED A PREMATURE DETONATION OF THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES IN THE HOLES. THESE TWO EMPLOYEES (THE CERTIFIED BLASTER AND HELPER) WERE FATALLY INJURED AND A THIRD MAN SUFFERED MINOR ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURY INJURIES.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TYING IN ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP WIRES FOR A SHOT WHEN A FAST MOVING ELECTRICAL STORM AND LIGHTENING CAUSED A PREMATURE DETONATION OF THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES IN THE HOLES. THESE TWO EMPLOYEES ( THE CERTIFIED BLASTER AND HELPER) WERE FATALLY INJURED AND A THIRD MAN SUFFERED MINOR ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURIES.

THE BELT RIPPED- CLEVICE HIT VICTIM IN HEAD CAUSING SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA WHICH RESULTED IN DEATH.

EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN PULLED INTO PINCH POINT OF HEAD SECTION OF CONVEYOR BELT.

INDIVIDUAL WAS PERFORMING DUTIES AS SECTION FOREMAN.IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SECTION FOREMAN ASSUMED A POSITION WHICH WAS NOT VISIBLE TO THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR.THE SECTION FOREMAN WAS STRU CK BY THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR.THE SECTION FOREMAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE MINE SITE BY PIKE COUNTY (KY) COUNTY CORONER.

EMPLOYEE,TRUCK DRIVER,WAS DRIVING A LOADED COAL TRUCK DOWNHILL TOWARD THE TIPPLE.HE LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK A CAR TRAVELING UPHILL.THE CAR HAD PASSED TWO TRUCKS GOING UPHILL WHICH STOPPED TO A LLOW ROOM FOR EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK COMING OFF. THE PARKED TRUCKS TRIED TO WARN THE CAR OF THE APPROACHING TRUCK BY BLINKING THEUR LIGHTS.THE CAR CONTINUED ON AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TRUCK RESULTING

EMPLOYEE,TRUCK DRIVER,WAS DRIVING A LOADED COAL TRUCK DOWNHILL TOWARD THE TIPPLE,HE LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK A CAR TRAVELING UPHILL.THE CAR HAD PASSED TWO TRUCKS GOING UPHILL WHICH STOPPED TO A LLOW ROOM FOR EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK COMING OFF.THE PARKED TRUCKS TRIED TO WARN THE CAR OF THE APPRACHING TRUCK BY BLINKING THEIR LIGHTS.THE CAR CONTINUED ON AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TRUCK RESULTING I

THREEE EMPLOYEES WERE RETURNING TO OFFICE AREA AT THE END OF THEIR SHIFT FROM THE PIT WHEN A BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED-THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND ROLLED 1 1/2 TIMES EJECTING THE DRIVER AND A PASSENGER, THROWING THE DRIVER AND ONE OF THE EMPLOYEE OUT OF THE TRUCK.

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE RETURNING TO THE OFFICE AREA AT THE END OF THEIR SHIFT FROM THE PIT WHEN A BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND ROLLED 1 1/2 TIMES EJECTING THE DRIVER AND O NE PASSENGER, THROWING THE DRIVER AND ONE OF ONE

A SURFACE HAULAGE FATALITY OCCURRED ON ONEIDA MINE NO. 1 REFUSE HAUL ROAD. A MACK RD888SX TANDEM DUMP OPERATED BY THOMAS DAVIE STUMP TRAVELED DOWN GRADE FOR APPROX 5 MILE AND WENT THRU THE BER M AND OVERTURNED, KILLING EE WHO WAS RIDING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT.

EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AND RAN THE SHUTTLE CAR IN THE COAL RIB CAUSING HIM TO BE PINNED BETWEEN THE COAL RIB AND SHUTTLE CAR THIS ACCIDENT WAS FATAL TO HIM RESULTING IN DEATH.

A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 004-H WHEN CASWYTE EE WAS OPER ST SHUTTLE CAR. WHEN HIS BREAKER KNOCKED AND HE LOST POWER DOWN IN A SWAG DEPRESSION THE OTHER SHUTTLE CAR OPE BEING UNABLE TO SEE I N THE SWAG BECAUSE OF THE CANOPIES TRAMMED HIS SHUTTLE CAR DOWN INTO THE SWAG AN INTO THE OPERATOR DECK OF CAR OPERATER BY EE CRUSHING HIM.

55036NGWALL FOREMAN WAS LOWERING LONGWALL SHIELDS IN PREPARING THEM FOR TRANSPORTATION UNDERGORUND WHEN THE NO. 008 WHIELD COLAPSED WHILE HE WAS RELEASING YIELD CAPSULE PRESSURE ON THE TILT JA 32203HIS RESULTED IN PINNING HIM UNDER THE CANOPY AND INSIDE THE SHILED CAUSING INJURIES TO THE CHEST CAVITY AND OTHER INTERNAL INJURIES.

VICTIM WAS TRAMMING THE CONTINUOUS MINER INTO A WORKING PLACE WHILE HE WAS POSITIONED IN THE DECK OF THE MACHINE. AS HE TRAMMED INTO THE PLACE, ANOTHER EE INFORMED HIM THAT THE MACHINE WAS CON TACTNG THE LINE CURTAIN INSTALLED IN THE PLACE. THE VICTIM APPARENTLY MOVED THE MACHINE IN REVERSE AND CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE COAL RIB AND MACHINES CANOPY.

66929NG IN PIT 10-C OBSERVED THE FD 40-D FIAT ALLIS DOZER BACKNING TOWARD THE DRAGLINE THE DOZER CONTINUED TO BACK OVER THE LOW WALL APPROX. 20 FT THE DRALING OPERATOR IMMEDICATELY CALL CODE B 34506VER THE MINE RADIO WHICH ALERTED MINE MANAGEMENT RESPONDED ARRIVING ON THE SCENE AT APPROX. 215 PM THE DOZER OPERATOR COULD NOT BE LOCATED IN THE CAB. FOLLOW PATH OF THE DOZER WHICH RESU

54736YEE WAS FEEDING COAL CRUSHER HOPPER FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON HE WENT TO THE CLINKER STORAGE AREA USING AN/INCLINED ROADWAY. THE LOADER ROLL OVER AND THE VICTIM'S HEAD WAS CRUSHER WITH THE 58497MENT.

59339M WAS IN PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING ROOF BOLTS FROM SCOOP ONTO THE ROOF DRILL WHEN A PIECE OF MINE ROOF, UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING FELL AND STRUCK THE VICTIM.

10242 CONTRACTING HAUL TRUCK DRIVER EXITED HIS OWN TRUCK NEAR THE OFFICE/TRUCK SCALE. UPON EXITING THE TRUCK, THE DRIVER DID NOT SET THE BRAKES OR THE BRAKES FAILED. THE TRUCK STARTED TO ROLL 15403HE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE MOVING TRUCK. HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN STOPPING HIS TRUCK AND THE DRIVER WAS RUN OVER BY HIS VEHICLE.

55061S AIRING A TIRE ON A DISABLED LOADER BEING PREPARED FOR REPAIRS AND EVALUATION. THE SIDE WALL BLEW OUT WITH SUCH A FORCE-THROWING EE BACK APPROX. 10 FEET INTO A STONE PILE, CAUSING A CRUS 89570BLOW TO THE CHEST CAVITY RESULTING IN IRREVERSIBLE TRAUMA AND DEATH.

38920ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN UNDERGROUND TUNNELING OPERATION AT A SURFACE LIMESTONE QUARRY. A SHOT WAS BLASTED INSIDE THE TUNNEL AT 12:04PM, THEN VENTILATED. THE VICTIM WAS SEEN AT THE OFFICE 1301?30PM. IT IS ASSUMED THAT FROM THERE SHE PROT PROX. 2 PM THE BLASTER ENTERED THE TUNNEL AND FOUND THE VICTIM ON TOP OF THE MUCK PILE. IT WAS E

55015D SUPT WAS IN ROUTE TO THE SECTION LOADING POINT EE WAS RIDING THE BUCKET END OF THE SCOOP MATERIAL FROM THE ROOF FELL FROM BETWEEN TWO BOLTS 41 INCH APART STRIKING THE EE ON THE CHEST IT 06643D APPEAR THE SCOOP STRUCK ROOF BOLT CAUSINGROCK TO FALL.

55066R SOME UNKNOWN REASON LEFT HIS DINNER AREA AND ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE TRACK IN FRONT OF A TRIP OF LONGWALL SHIELDS THAT WERE BEING MOVED BY 2 TROLLEY LOCOMOTIVES 1 ON EACH END OF THE TRIP 06855 HE WAS RUN OVER BY THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE CAUSING MASSIVE TRAUMA TO HIS ENTIRE BODY AND DEATH RESULTED IMMEDIATELY.

55061S OPERATING THE OFF-STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HIS HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHUTTLE CAR AND THE MINE ROOF.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING WINCH ON D135, BOON WAS DETACHED FROM WINCH AND RESTING ON SUPPORTS; CRIBBING GAVE WAY PINNING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN BOOM AND WINCH.

A BROKEN THRU SHAFT IN THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL BROKE ALLOWING THE LOADED TRUCK TO FREEWHEEL ON THE DESCENT OF A 22 PERCENT GRADE THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO JUMP FROM THE RUNAWAY TRUCK AND WAS RAN OVER BY THE REAR TANDEMS THE CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS LOWER TORSO RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.