THE EMPLOYEE WA8 DISTRIBUTING WATER TO THE EQUIPMENT.AS HE CLIMBED OFF THE D-9 TRACTOR,HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEG ON THE BLADE OF THE TRACTOR BETWEEN THE KNEE AND ANKLE.THIS RESULTED IN CON TUSIONS AND BLO2D CLOTS WHICH NEEDED MEDICAL TREATMENT AND TIME AWAY FROM THE JOB.
Elm Lick Mine: 13 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Elm Lick Mine (mine ID 1505339). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 1983–1987
- Latest incident
- Oct 1987
- Weebro Inc 1972 to 1978
- Brown Badgett Inc 1978 to 1987
- Arch On The Green Inc 1987 to present
Elm Lick Mine sits in Ohio County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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
13 on file1987 · 3 incidents
THE EMPLOYEE PI7KED UP A FILTER WITH A BURR ON IT'S CASING. THE FILTER SLIPPED AND THE BURR CAUSED A LACERATION TO THE EMPLOYEE'S THIRD FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.
EMP 3 WAS LIFTING ON GATE. THE GATE WAS FROZEN TO GROUND. EMP FELT BURNING IN GROIN AREA
1986 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS TR5MMING GROVES CRANE TO SHOP AREA DOOR CAME OPEN & WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE IT HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR & T HE DOOR FACING CAUSING AN AVULSION TO THE TIP OF HIS RI NG FINGER 3
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING POWER CABLE TO LOAD AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
OPERATOR WAS HA6LING COAL ON THE HAUL ROAD AND STRUCK A HOLE THE IMPACT CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK WHICH RESULTED IN MEDICAL TREATMENT GIVEN BY DR
1985 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON CONVEYOR BELT JUST AS POWER WAS TURNED ON AND BELT THREW EMPLOYEE INTO BARGE LOADING CHUTE. BELT WAS FREE OF COAL, EMPLOYEES WERE REPAIRING AND ALL EMPLOYEES WERE WARNED TH E THE POWER WAS BEING TURNED ON. EMPLOYEE SUSTRXX SUSTAINED INJURY TO RIGHT ANKLE AND FOOT FRACTURE TO RIGHT FOOT.
1984 · 2 incidents
INJ WAS WELDING ANGLE ON WORK BARGE AND WAS LYING AGAINST A HAND RAIL FOR SUPPORT THE HAND RAIL BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO THE BARGE BRUISES TO BACK AND RT HIP
EMP WAS WORKING WITH 2 OTHER ELECTRICIANS ALL QUALIFIED AND CERTIFIED INJ CLIMBED ON TOP OF TRANSFORMER AND GOT TOO CLOSE TO PRIMARY LINES SUPERVISOR HAD CAUTIONED HIM NOT TO GET TOO CLOSE EMP APPARENTLY GOT TOO CLOSE AND POEWER POSSIBLY ARCED TO HIM FROM PEIMARY SOURCE ELECTRICAL BURNS TO BACK LEFTSIDE AND LEFT LEG POSSIBLE BROKEN BACK AIR BREAKERS WERE OPEN
1983 · 4 incidents
OPERATOR OF DOZER ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT DOWN TO LOWER GEAR ENGINE QUIT DOZER BLADE HIT BANK CAUSING OPERATOR TO LOSE CONTROL
EMP STATES HE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL WHEN HE FELT A BURNING PAIN HERNIA
EE WAS TAKING A ROLL OF WIRE UP ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET TO PUT IN AN AUTOMATIC WELDER. EE SLIPPED & CAUGHT WRIST ON BUCKET TO BEND IT BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN OUT OF TRUCK AT SCALE HOUSE AND SLIPPED HITTING BACK ON FUEL TANK ON TRUCK