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Clark Elkhorn Coal Company operator

Controlled by Shell Oil Company

MSHA operator ID: P19254

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 23
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 1987–1992

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 9 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 5 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
FIRE 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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4 (1f)

1987

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

June 6, 1988 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS DRIVING BULK ANFO TRUCK FROM STRIP SHOT AREA TO LOAD TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING ONTO A STATE ROAD FROM STRIP PIT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TURN LEFT ONTO A ROAD LEADING TO ANFO BIN BUT WENT STR AIGHT AHEAD & RAN OVER A 250FT EMBANKMENT HE EITHER JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM TRUCK HE WAS CRUSHED BY THE T RUCK & DIED FROM INTERNAL INJURIES (THIS IS MY SPULATION ON MY PART GIVEN

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