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Clark Elkhorn Coal Company operator

Controlled by Zeigler Coal Holding Company

MSHA operator ID: P22182

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 59
Mines on record: 6
Years on record: 1992–1998

Top causes

ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 16 non-fatal
MACHINERY 12 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 8 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 6 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

May 11, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

EE WAS REPAIRING ON A MARION 201 ELECTRIC SHOVELHE WAS WORKING ON A NUT TO A PIN & THE MEDIUM VOLTAGE COLLECTOR RINGS. THE SHOVEL WAS ENERGIZED TO PUT THE NUT ON THE PIN. POWER WAS DE-ENERGIZE D ON THE MEDIUM VOLTAGE COLLECTOR RINGS. AFTER PUTTING THE COLLECTOR RINGS BACK, HE ENTERED INTOTHE COMPARTMENT THAT HELD THE ENERGIZED 7200 VOLT C RINGS & CAME IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRICITY.

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