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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 29, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) OTHER
Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Co Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

Strained back but doesn't know how or when.

March 27, 2009 KY · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager OTHER
Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Co Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While setting a head drive employee stood up and felt a pain in left knee.

February 24, 1995 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman OTHER
Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD JUST FINISHED OPERATING CONTINOUS MINER AND WAS COMING UP TO HELP SET TIMBERS, WHEN HE YELLED AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND BECAME DISORDERED. HE WAS TAKEN TO PIKEVILLE HOSPITAL AND THEY T HOUGHT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE. THE NEXT DAY HE WAS TAKEN TO BUCHANON GENERAL HOSPITAL AND THEY SAID HE HAD A STROKE.

July 31, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Elkhorn Eagle Mining Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AROUND THE SURFACE OF UNDERGROUND MINE, WHEN HE PICK UP A BAG OF ROCK DUST A SNAKE BIT HIS FINGER.

November 3, 1992 KY · Coal OTHER
Elkhorn Eagle Mining Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EE WAS COMPLAINING WITH HIS BACK HURTING WHICH HE BELIEVE IS THE RESULT OF AN OLD INJURY. HE CONTINUED TO WORK SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE GOING TO THE DR.

February 5, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Elkhorn Eagle Mining Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED PUTTING HIS CAPLIGHT ON AND TURNED AROUND. THE TWISTING MOTION APPARENTLY REINJURED HIS BACK WHICH HE HAD INJURED IN THE PAST.

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