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1998 Fatalgrams and Fatal Investigation Reports
Coal Mines

01/15/1998 - Fatality #1 - Powered Haulage - Underground - VA - Dominion Coal Corporation

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01/20/1998 - Fatality #2 - Roof Fall - Underground - WV - Eastern Associated Coal Corporation

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01/23/1998 - Fatality #3 - Fall of Material - Underground - WV - Performance Coal Company

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02/03/1998 - Fatality #4 - Roof Fall - Underground - WV - R & S Coal Company, Inc.

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02/20/1998 - Fatality #5 - Machinery - Mill/Prep Plant - KY - Lodestar Energy, Inc.

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02/26/1998 - Fatality #6 - Rib Fall - Underground - WV - Eagle Energy, Inc.

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03/02/1998 - Fatality #7 - Roof Fall - Underground - KY - Leeco, Inc.

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03/06/1998 - Fatality #8 - Powered Haulage - Underground - AL - Oak Mountain Energy, L.L.C.

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03/23/1998 - Fatality #9 - Roof Fall - Underground - VA - Bear Ridge Mining, Inc.

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05/22/1998 - Fatality #10 - Powered Haulage - Surface - KY - Lodestar Energy, Inc.

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06/04/1998 - Fatality #11 - Roof Fall - Underground - VA - Upper Mill Mining Company

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06/06/1998 - Fatality #12 - Powered Haulage - Underground - KY - R & R Coal Company

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06/11/1998 - Fatality #13 - Roof Fall - Underground - KY - Branham and Baker Underground Corporation

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06/12/1998 - Fatality #14 - Roof Fall - Underground - WV - Windfall Coal Company

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07/02/1998 - Fatality #15 - Powered Haulage - Surface - WY - Triton Coal Company

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07/16/1998 - Fatality #16 - Explosives - Underground - PA - Summit Anthracite, Inc.

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07/23/1998 - Fatality #17 - Electrical - Underground - OH - Southern Ohio Coal Company

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08/08/1998 - Fatality #18 - Roof Fall - Underground - WV - Unique Mining, Inc.

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08/13/1998 - Fatality #19 - Roof Fall - Underground - KY - Ray-Mac Contracting Inc.

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08/19/1998 - Fatality #20 - Powered Haulage - Surface - KY - Cloverfork Mining and Excavating, Inc./Leon's Trucking

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09/01/1998 - Fatality #21 - Powered Haulage - Surface - KY - McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corporation

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09/28/1998 - Fatality #22 - Roof Fall - Underground - KY - KenAmerican Resources, Inc.

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10/05/1998 - Fatality #23 - Fall of Highwall - Surface - KY - Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc.

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10/10/1998 - Fatality #24 - Roof Fall - Underground - KY - Lone Mountain Processing, Inc.

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11/22/1998 - Fatality #25 - Machinery - Surface - VA - Consolidation Coal Company

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12/03/1998 - Fatality #26 - Machinery - Underground - VA - Capital Coal Corporation

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12/14/1998 - Fatality #27 - Roof Fall - Underground - CO - Bowie Resources, Ltd.
(This was a double Fatality)

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12/17/1998 - Fatality #29 - Powered Haulage - Underground - KY - Unicorn Mining, Inc.

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