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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

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 26 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 51 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 48 non-fatal
MACHINERY 24 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 19 non-fatal
OTHER 5 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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23 (1f)

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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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