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Preliminary Report - Fatality #46 - October 27, 2010

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Accident Report: Fatality Reference

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Preliminary Report Overview

On October 27, 2010 a miner helper was fatally injured, when struck by a shuttle car, while installing a ventilation curtain outby the last open crosscut on the No. 6 Working Section operating in the KY #11 coal seam. Accident Investigators are onsite conducting the investigation jointly with the Office of Mine Safety and Licenses (OSML).