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1997 Fatal Alert Bulletins & Fatal Investigation Reports

01/29/1997 - Ignition/Explosion - Surface - KY - Ash Trucking Company, Inc.

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01/31/1997 - Powered Haulage - Underground - WV - Carter-Roag Coal Company

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02/06/1997 - Hand Tools - Preparation Plant - WV - Herndon Processing Company/Karco, Inc.

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02/07/1997 - Powered Haulage - Underground - PA - CONSOL Pennsylvania Coal Company

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03/18/1997 - Electrical - Surface - WV - A & B Thomas, Inc./Canon Coal Haulers, Inc.

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03/23/1997 - Rib Fall - Underground - IL - Kerr-McGee Coal Corporation

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03/28/1997 - Machinery - Underground - PA - Eighty-Four Mining Company

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04/02/1997 - Powered Haulage - Surface - WV - Hobet Mining, Inc./Bell Atlantic Telephone Company

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04/23/1997 - Powered Haulage - Underground - WV - Meadow River Coal Company

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05/13/1997 - Electrical - Surface - WV - Elk Run Coal Co., Inc./GLW Construction Co. Inc.

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05/15/1997 - Roof Fall - Underground - VA - Solus Coal, Inc.

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5/20/1997 - Powered Haulage - Underground - UT - Canyon Fuel Company, LLC

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5/29/1997 - Handtool - Underground - AL - Oak Mountain Energy, L.L.C.

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6/13/1997 - Machinery - Surface - TN - U.S. Coal, Inc.

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07/01/1997 - Rib Roll - Underground - PA - Maple Creek Mining Inc.

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07/15/1997 - Roof Fall - Underground - VA - Sea "B" Mining Company - Double Fatality

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07/15/1997 - Roof Fall - Underground - VA - Minuteman Coal Company

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07/15/1997 - Roof Fall - Underground - PA - Penn Coal, Inc.

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07/29/1997 - Machinery - Surface - WV - Stollings Trucking Co., Inc./Island Fork Construction, LTD

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07/31/1997 - Powered Haulage - Surface - KY - Big Elk Creek Coal Company, Inc.

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08/19/1997 - Powered Haulage - Surface - ND - Falkirk Mining Company

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08/24/1997 - Powered Haulage - Underground - UT - C.W. Mining Company

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09/19/1997 - Powered Haulage - Mill/Prep Plant - KY- Martiki Coal Corporation

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10/01/1997 - Roof Fall - Underground - VA - Sea "B" Mining Company

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10/15/1997 - Powered Haulage - Surface - CO - Peabody Western Coal Company

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10/16/1997 - Powered Haulage - Surface - IN - Kindill Mining Company/Foxfire Environmental, Inc.

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12/17/1997 - Powered Haulage - Underground - UT - Genwal Resources, Inc.

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12/21/1997 - Electrical - Underground - KY - Fox Mining Corporation

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12/26/1997 - Rib Fall - Underground - KY - Arch of Kentucky

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