Mining Incidents

Elkville No.1 Mine Coal

S Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Geraldine P Turner
ELKVILLE, Jackson County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103121

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2005–2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
161
citations
103
significant & substantial
$314,338
proposed penalties
$36,311
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 18,110 2 0 110.4
2009 Q3 21,855 8 5 366.0
2009 Q2 36,533 59 34 1615.0
2009 Q1 25,585 12 7 469.0
2008 Q4 25,384 27 19 1063.7
2008 Q3 14,785 16 12 1082.2
2008 Q2 20,966 2 2 95.4
2008 Q1 26,769 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2009 · 1 incident

September 29, 2009 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
S Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating end - dump truck when he hit a bad spot in haul road. He jammed shoulder and elbow against truck.

2005 · 4 incidents

November 11, 2005 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
S Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

DRIVING TRUCK UP THE INCLINE, LOST CONTROL AND TRUCK WENT BACKWARDS AND FLIPPED ONTO IT'S TOP. THE DRIVER SAID HE WAS NOT HURT. TOOK HIM TO LOGAN PRIORITY CARE TO BE CHECKED OUT. THE DRIVER RECEIVED A SOFT TISSUE CONCUSSION.

October 6, 2005 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

MY LEGS WERE RESTING BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL WHILE WORKING ON A BEARING. THE METAL WAS WARM, BUT NOT HOT TO THE TOUCH. BOTH LEGS ARE BURNED ON EACH CALF. THE BURNS ARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL. I DID NOT NOTICE THE BURNS UNTIL I GOT HOME LATER THAT NIGHT. I REPORTED THE ACCIDENT TO MY SUPERVISOR THE NEXT MORNING.

July 16, 2005 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
S Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR STARTED UP RAMP WITH WATER TRUCK. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SPIN, HIT DIFFERENTIAL LOCK, BUT DID NOT HELP. TRIED TO ROLL BACK DOWM INCLINE, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, CAUSING IT TO ROLL OVER DOWN INCLINE

March 2, 2005 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The operator was shoveling under a belt line, the man claimed his back was sore and painful, he went to a doctor after the shift and told us about it the next day. He did not report to the supervisor at 5:00 PM same day. We are not sure he is hurt or faking it.