Mining Incidents

Elkay Truck Garage: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Elkay Mining Company · Facility
Controlled by Pittston Company
Lyburn, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606890

MSHA record for Elkay Truck Garage (mine ID 4606890). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1987–1994
Latest incident
Apr 1994
Ownership history
  1. Elkay Mining Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Elkay Truck Garage sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1994 · 1 incident

April 11, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elkay Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE LADDER OF THE END LOADER AND WHEN HE RAISED HIS LEG TO CLIMB, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. MUSCLE RELAXES AND PAIN PILLS.

1993 · 3 incidents

October 19, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Elkay Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS GRINDING ON A WATER TANK WITH A GRINDER AND GRINDER BACK LASHED STRINKING EE ON THE HAND CAUSING CUTS REQUIRING STITCHES.

September 24, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Elkay Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS TIGHTENING ON AXLE CAP BOLT & THE RATCHET SLIPPED OFF THE NUT CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BODY

August 19, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Elkay Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE SAID THAT HE WAS HITTING THE YOKE ON THE DRIVE LIME RUST FELL FROM WATER TANK ABOVE HIS HEAD INTO HIS EYE.

1991 · 2 incidents

August 5, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Elkay Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

OFF WORK DUE TO TENDONITIS OF ELBOW.WAS FEELING PAIN IN ELBOW WHILE AT WORK.

April 16, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Elkay Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A SPRING WTH AN AIR GUN WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

1987 · 1 incident

August 11, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Elkay Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE RECEIV9D A AWARD FOR HEARING LOSS CLAIM 8-11-87