EMP HAD JUST FILLED A FIVE GALLON CAN OF GASOLING HE STOOPED TO PICK THE CAN UP AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS UPPER BACK
Ell Creek Mine: 19 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Ell Creek Mine (mine ID 1201868). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 19
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Apr 1984
- Contract Mining Inc 1981 to present
Ell Creek Mine sits in Dubois County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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
19 on file1984 · 10 incidents
EMPL TRYING TO REPOSITION PIECE OF FLASHING ON CONVEYOR BELT WHILE MACHINE WAS RUNNING.BELT CAUGHT EMPL COAT SLEEVE AND PULLED ARM IN.THERE WAS TORN FLESH ON RIGHT UPPER ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A PUMP HOSE HE SLIPPED OR WET NECKS AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT ARM.
EE WAS OILING A LARGE LOADER. THE MACHINE WAS WET THE EES FOOT WAS MUDDY. HIS FOOT SLIPPED HE CAUGHT HIS FALL WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HIS LEFT THUMB GOT CAUGHT ON THE STEP & BROKE IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERINING PICK UP TRUCK TO BE TAKEN TO HIS MACHINE HIS FEET SLIPPED HE CAUGHT HIS FALL WITH HIS LEFT WRIST AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT WRIST.
SLIPPED CLIMBING ON HIS MACHINE.FOOT WAS MUDDY ..FELL STRAINING NECK AND SHOULDER. .
EMPLOYEE CLOSED THE DOOR OF THE VEHICLE ON HIS T FINGER
EMPLOYEE JUMPED DOWN FROM EQUPMENT AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE - LEFT ANKLE
THE EMPLOYEE INSTALLED A STEERING WHEEL KNOB ON HIS TRUCK HIS TRUCK SLID ON FROZEN DIRT CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN THE STEERING WHEEL KNOB BHIT THE EMPLOYEE ON HSIR GHT FOREARM
EMPLOYEE WAS DIS-ASSEMBLING A PARKING BRAKE CHAMBER ON A D-40K DRILL TRUCK THE CHAMBER FLEW APART AND BROKE EMPLOYEES HAND
1983 · 9 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HIS TRUCK AS USUAL IN 121283 HE REPORTED THAT HE JURT HIS BACK DRIVING IN HIS TRUCK HE SAYS HE RAN OVER A ROCK ON 120883 AND INJURED HIS BACK INT EH LUMBAR AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LIFT A BELLY PAN IMPROPERLY HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER AND UPPER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING DIRT INTO END DUMP WITH 988 LOADER. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT PROPERLY WATCHING THE HIGH WALL. SOME DIRT FELL THROUGH WINDSHIELD INTO CAB.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BUCKET PINS IN A TEREX LOADER. EMPLOYEE LAID THE BUCKET PIN ON THE LOADER. THE PIN ROLLED OFF, FELL 2 TO 3 FT STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE DECK AS HE WAS BENT OVER UN DER FRAME.
STARTING TO CLIMB STEPS TO MACHINE.JAMMED KNEE INTO STEPS.
EMP WAS KICKING AN OLD TOOTH OFF A LOADER BUCKET A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF AND WENT INTO EMPLOYEES LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM A CAT 988 LOADER. THE ROAD SURFACE WAS WET. AS THE EMPLOYEES FOOT TOUCHED THE GROUND, HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE GRABBED THE HAND RAIL TO STOP HIS FALL. HE PULLED A M USCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A FAN ON THE COLLING UNIT OF A LOADER. HIS HAND SLIPPED & CUT HIS FINGER ON A FAN OF THE COOLING UNIT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING DOZER TRACKS WITH A SPADE. A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS EYE FROM THE SPADE OF THE EQUIPMENT.