Mining Incidents

McCoy Elkhorn Coal CorporationMining Incidents in 2014

All MSHA-reportable accidents at McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corporation operations in 2014. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2014
0
Total incidents
3
Year
2014

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 incident
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  3. 03SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2014

Accident type, without injuries

While foreman and State Inspector were traveling Intake airway they discovered a roof fall in the #4 southwest mains measuring 20 feet by 20 feet by 8 feet thick. In the #2 entry.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

While lifting a piece of ice off Bonnie Car he felt sharp pain in back and down leg.

Fall down stairs

ICY STEPS, SLIPPED AND FELL LANDED ON BACK. BRUISED BACK AND LUMBAR STRAIN

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corporation's numeric MSHA operator ID.