Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEG. THAT NIGHT HIS LEG GOT SORE AND HE WENT TO E.R. WHERE THEY X-RAY AND SAID HIS LEG WAS BRUISED.
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Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Henry Chaney Jr
Garrett, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517931
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000
- Latest incident
- Apr 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2000 · 3 incidents
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE LIFTED A PANEL BOARD COVER ONTO A JOY 21SC SHUTTLE CAR AND STAINED HIS BACK.
Struck by falling object
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEG AND FOOT. HE WENT TO ER AND HAD X-RAYS WHICH SHOWED ONLY BRUISE. HE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK BUT MISSED TH E NEXT DAY DUE TO SORENESS.