Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface Coal

Elm Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Mooney James S Sr
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1504368

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1986 · 3 incidents

October 8, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elm Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

WORKER PICKED U1 LARGE ROCK WITH FRONT END LOADER. THE ROCK WAS TOO LARGE FOR LOADER TO PICK UP. THE LOADER CAME OFF THE GROUND & FELL BACK DOWN THROWING THE OPERATOR INTO THE R OOF OF MAC HINE. HE THEN W2RKED FOR ABOUT 1 MORE HOUR BEFORE REPORTING INJURY.

September 22, 1986 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Elm Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

FOREARM WAS GUI8ING ROCK TRUCK BACK TO DUMP. WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK A TREE & THE TREE FELL ON THE FOREMANS PICKUP.

February 20, 1986 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator MACHINERY
Elm Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

THE OPERATOR WA8 RUNNING A GRADER WHEN HE BIT A BUMP AND PULLED OR TORE A MUSCLE IN HIS SIDE.

1984 · 2 incidents

January 23, 1984 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Elm Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

AN AIR HOSE WAS FROZEN AND IT WAS TAKEN LOOSE TO THAW IT OUT JAMES WAS STANDING NEAR THE HOSE WHEN IT THAWED OUT THE ICE AND DIRT BLEW HIS GLASSES OFF, THUS FILLING HIS EYES AND FACE FULL OF A IR

1983 · 4 incidents

October 4, 1983 KY · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elm Coal Corp · Fall from machine

STARTED DOWN LADDER ON MARION 201 SHOVEL SLIPPED AND FELL EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN CALF AREA OF LEFT LEG

February 15, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elm Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CHECKING OIL IN DOZER.PICKED UP SEAT AND TURNED TO PUT IT DOWN AND HURT HIS BACK.

January 13, 1983 KY · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Elm Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS WIRING LIGHTS AND TOOK FAN GUARD OFF TO HOOK UP WIRES WIRES SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HE GRABBED FOR THEM, THUS PUTTING LEFT HAND IN FAN, BROKEN KNUCKLE AND CUT BET WEEN LITTLE FING AND RING FINGER

January 5, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Elm Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STRIKING IDLER ON D-9G DOZER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF IDLER HITTING HIM BETWEEN INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS