EMPL RECD AWARD3FOR BLACK LUNG 8-20-87.
Elkay No 4b: 22 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Elkay No 4b (mine ID 4605605). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 22
- Years on record
- 1983–1987
- Latest incident
- Aug 1987
- Elkay Mining Company 1977 to present
Elkay No 4b sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% of county employment.
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Reportable incidents
22 on file1987 · 10 incidents
EMPLOYEE RECEIV9D AN AWARD FOR BLACK LUNG. 4-9-87
EMPLOYEE RECEIV9D AN AWARD FOR A HEARING LOSS CLAIM 052187
EMPLOYEE RECEIV9D AN AWARD FOR BLACK LUNG. 4-7-87
INJURY TO GROIN3AREA. EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CRIB BLOCKS INTO SCOOP BUCKET, HIT A BLOCK AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE SCOOP, CAUSING THE BLOCK TO COME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE GROIN AREA.
INJURED LOWER B5CK, LIFTING BLOCKS TO BUILD A HIGH STOPPING, DURING THE DAY, HIS BACK BECAME SORE, WITHIN THREE DAYS HIS BACK BECAME WORSE.
EMPL RECD AWARD3FOR BLACK LUNG.
EMPL RECD AWARD3FOR BLACK LUNG.
RECD AWARD FOR 6LACK LUNG.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A CRIB WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS ABDOMEN
1986 · 5 incidents
EMPL IN PROCESS3OF VENTILATING HE FELL ON LUMP OF COAL AND INJURED THUMB AND WRIST ON LEFT HAND.
EMPL PERFORMING3JOB OF MINER HELPER SHUTTLE CAR RAN OVER PIECE OF ROCK.ROCK SHOT OUT AND HIT LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING SUPPLY MOTOR PULLING EMPTY SUPPLY CARS HE STOPPED TO LET ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OFF SECOND SUPPLY MOTOR BUMPED INTO CARS JARRING EMPLOYEE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS NECK
LOADING TIMBER 2N SUPPLY CAR; PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
POSSIBLE STRAIN3TO LOWER BACK; EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLY CAR; AND LIFTING WOODEN CRATES.
1985 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A LIMSTONE BLOCK, WHEN HECOMPLAINED OF A STRAIN OR "PULL", UNDER HIS LEFT ARM.
1984 · 4 incidents
WAS HOLDING STEEL RAIL TIE RAIL AND TIE FELL CATCHING FINGER, CAUSING LACERATION.
INDIVIDUAL WAS HOLDING A METAL STRAP HEARDER HE LOST HIS GRIP AND THE STROP HOLDLOST HIS GRIP AND THE STROP HEADER FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE FOOT
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS PINNING TOP HE TOSSED A PIN TO THE REAR PORTION OF MACHINE AS HE THREW THE BOLT HE STRUCK HIS FINGER AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE
THE EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO MOVE A MINING BOX WHERE A NEW STOPPING WAS BEING CRETTED AND SUBSQUENTLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
1983 · 2 incidents
ROOF FALL-SECTION 001 16 FT LONG, 16 FT WIDE, 42 INCHES THICK.
ROOF FALL LENGTH 50\ WIDTH 16\ THICKNESS 3\ TO 5\ MINE IS TEMPORARILY ABANDONED.