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Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc operator

Controlled by William B Sturgill
MSHA operator ID: P20679
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
186
Mines on record
7
Years on record
1987–1999

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Incident timeline

1999
3
1998
5
1997
16 (1f)
1996
10
1995
12
1994
15
1993
20
1992
33
1991
18
1990
23 (1f)
1989
14
1988
12
1987
5

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
July 31, 1997 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK. WHEN HE BACKED OVER A SPOIL BANK.

October 18, 1990 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL OPERATING ROCK TRUCK,BACKED OVER BERM HOLLOW-FILL AND EMPL JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM OVERTURNING TRUCK AND WAS COVERED WITH FILL ROCK.

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