BUMPED KNEE CLI4BING OFF A LAOADER
Elm No 4: 23 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Elm No 4 (mine ID 4606410). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 23
- Years on record
- 1984–1987
- Latest incident
- Jan 1987
- Whitesville A & S Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1984
- Elm Coal Corp 1984 to present
Elm No 4 sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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
23 on file1987 · 2 incidents
ROCK TRUCK LOST3AIR CAUSING BRAKES TO FAIL DRIFTED DOWN BACK STACK AND STRUCK A PARKED ROCK TRUCK
1986 · 9 incidents
TK STARTED MOVI3G & JUMPED FROM TK.
SLIPPED OFF OF 7RACK ON DOZER TO THE GROUND.
EMPL HURT BACK 4HEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT ONE END OF 55 GAL OIL DRUM.
DOZER OPER PUSH3NG SPOIL DUMPED IN AREA OF BACK-FILL RAN OVER LARGE ROCK CAUSING DOZER TO LURCH DAUSING PAIN IN OPER NECK.
EMP WAS GOING U1 THE STEPS OF THE ENDLOADER WHEN HE HAD PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG
MOLTEN METAL FE5L ON T OP OF LEFT SHOE & BURNED THROUGH
DOZER WAS WORKI3G FILL AND BACKED IN FRONT OF 350 PAYHAULER
EMPLOYEE WAS DI8MOUNTING HIS ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK & TWISTED HIS BACK DID NOT SEE DOCTOR TILL 0212
EMPL PRYING WIT2 PRY BAR AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
1985 · 5 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING ONE SIDE OF A BARREL OF OIL WITH ANOTHER MAN, WHEN SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS BACK.
PULLED CORD ON WATER PUMP TO START AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 HE WAS MOUNTING HIS ROCK TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE STRUCK HIS KNEE AGAINST THE BUMPER. NO TIME WAS LOSTED AT WORK, IT WAS NOT REPORTED.
STRAINED LEFT TESTICLE LIFTING CRIB BLOCK.
STEPPED ON PUSH ARM ON D8K DOZER AND FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER.
1984 · 7 incidents
BACK THE DOZER OVER A ROCK WHEN DOZER WA HALF WAY OVER THE ROCK IT ROCKED BACKWARD HITTING SOLID ON THE REAR OF THE TRACKS
WINDSHIELD BROKE. HOSE WENT INTO CAB COMPARTMENT.
SLIPPED OFF WATER TRUCK HURT LOWER PART OF BACK.
LOADING POWDER TRK. HURT BACK LIFTING FERTLIZER.
A WATER PUMP CABLE TRYING TO START ENGINE CORD BROKE ELBOW HIT TRUCK.
TRANSFER CASE FELL ON CHEST OUT OF BLAZER
THROWING NITRATE BAGS OFF TRUCK AND TWISTED BACK