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1999 Fatalgrams and Fatal Investigation Reports
Coal Mines

01/07/1999 - Fatality #1 - Fall/Highwall - Surface - KY - No. 1 Contractor, Inc.

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01/20/1999 - Fatality #2 - Surface Haulage - Surface - WV - Fola Coal Co.

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01/29/1999 - Fatality #3 - Fall of Rib - Underground - VA - Island Creek Coal Co.

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02/15/1999 - Fatality #4 - Explosives - Surface - KY - Big Creek Mining, Inc.

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02/24/1999 - Fatality #5 - Fall of Highwall - Surface - IN - Solar Sources, Inc.

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03/04/1999 - Fatality #6 - Roof Fall - Underground - KY - Matrix Coal Company

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03/11/1999 - Fatality #7 - Roof Fall - Underground - KY - J & A Coal Corporation

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03/12/1999 - Fatality #8 - Powered Haulage - Underground - WV - Copperas Corporation

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03/29/1999 - Fatality #9 - Powered Haulage - Surface - VA - A & G Coal Corporation

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04/12/1999 - Fatality #10 - Machinery - Surface - WV - Elk Run Coal Company

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04/13/1999 - Fatality #11 - Roof Fall - Underground - VA - Coastal Coal Company

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05/07/1999 - Fatality #12 - Slip/Fall of Person - Underground - AL - Jim Walter Resources, Inc.

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05/17/1999 - Fatality #13 - Fall of Highwall - Surface - PA - The Harriman Coal Corporation

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05/29/99 - Fatality #35 - Machinery - Underground - VA - Consolidation Coal Company
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06/07/1999 - Fatality #14 - Roof Fall - Underground - MD - The Mettiki Coal Corporation

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06/08/1999 - Fatality #15 - Helicopter Crash - Surface - KY - Mining Technologies, Inc.

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06/28/1999 - Fatality #16 - Powered Haulage - Surface - WV - Cannelton Industries, Inc.

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07/07/1999 - Fatality #17 - Electrical - Prep Plant - Surface - KY - D-Mac Enterprises

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07/15/1999 - Fatality  #18 - Rib Fall - Underground - UT - C. W. Mining

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07/22/1999 - Fatality #19 - Roof Fall - Underground - WV - Fairfax Mining Co. Inc.

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07/26/1999 - Fatality #20 - Machinery - Underground - WV - Golden Chance Mining Co.

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07/26/1999 - Fatality #21 - Machinery - Surface - WY - Bridger Coal Co.
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07/31/1999 - Fatality #22 - Roof Fall - Underground - IL - Coal Miner's Inc.
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08/12/1999 - Fatality #23 - Explosives - Surface - CO - Trapper Mining Company
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09/03/1999 - Fatality #24 - Fall of Person - Prep Plant - KY - Excel Mining, LLC
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09/16/1999 - Fatality #25 - Fall of Roof - Underground - KY - South Akers Mining Co., LLC
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09/18/1999 - Fatality #30 - Fall of Roof or Back - Underground - WV
- Copperas Coal Company, Winoc No. 1 Mine
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09/19/1999 - Fatality #26 - Handling Material - Other - VA - Island Creek Coal Company Virginia
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09/24/1999 - Fatality #27 and #28 - Fall of Material - OH - Quarto Mining Company
(Double Fatality)

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10/09/1999 - Fatality #29 - Fall of Face, Rib, Pillar or Highwall - AL
- Drummond Company, Inc.
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12/09/1999 - Fatality #31 - Machinery - WV - Windsor Coal Company
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12/17/1999 - Fatality #32 - Roof Fall - WV - Coastal Coal - West Virgnia
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12/22/1999 - Fatality #33 - Fall of Roof/Back - PA - Canterbury Coal Co.
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12/30/1999 - Fatality #34 - Haulage - KY - Premier Elkhorn Coal Co.
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