Mining Incidents

New Elk Mine Coal

New Elk Coal Company LLC · Underground
Controlled by Allegiance Coal LTD
Weston, Las Animas County, CO  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 0500296

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
33
Years on record
2010–2013
Latest incident
Jan 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
146
citations
53
significant & substantial
$227,525
proposed penalties
$172,356
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 1 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 1 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

33 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

January 14, 2013 CO · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New Elk Coal Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Ice caused the slope car to derail. Employee was jacking the car up when he was struck by the jack handle. He received a cut to the right side of his face just below the right eye brow. The cut required five stitches and the employee was released to full duty.

2012 · 6 incidents

May 19, 2012 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Elk Coal Company LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was removing a tilt cylinder from a TRS on a roofbolter. He removed the pin from cylinder and cylinder fell pinching the right index finger resulting in a laceration and slight fracture.

May 11, 2012 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
New Elk Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Injured person was shoveling on the slope belt near the tailpiece. The belt was running. Some rocks became caught between the top belt and the hold down roller, he tried removing the rocks with his shovel and got close to the running belt. His arm got caught between roller and belt.

April 8, 2012 CO · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner POWERED HAULAGE
New Elk Coal Company LLC · Struck by falling object

The employee was examining the belt line and heard a noisy roller. He bent down to look at the roller and a piece of material ( coal or rock) came off of the belt hitting the employee in the left side of face, causing bruising and possible concussion.

March 7, 2012 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
New Elk Coal Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was jacklegging and when raising leg it stopped and suddenly raised upward striking employee in mouth and right side of face. This resulted in complex right lower lip laceration, right cheek laceration, depressed fracture anterior wall right Maxillary Sinus, fractured teeth

March 4, 2012 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
New Elk Coal Company LLC · Struck by falling object

Building Stop Blocking. Air tugger fell causing a laceration to the front of leg down to ankle and impacted his foot.

2011 · 22 incidents

December 28, 2011 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T K Mining Services, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Washed truck, was getting in truck and slipped grabbing door with right arm.

December 8, 2011 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T K Mining Services, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Moving a pump because it was out of water did not want the pump to seize as employee moved it over out of #1 he slipped & fell. Employee felt a slight pull he ignored it because it didn't bother him until he got home around 8:30-9:00am.

November 19, 2011 CO · Coal HOISTING
T K Mining Services, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Damage to the upright guide that keeps the cable from touching the ground was pulled loose and caused the cable to jump the bull wheel.

October 24, 2011 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
T K Mining Services, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was roof bolting. While pushing bolt up into the hole, the employee held onto the bolt and pinched his hand between the bolt and plate.

September 4, 2011 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T K Mining Services, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THERE WAS NO EVENT THEREFORE THIS IS NOT WORK RELATED.

August 12, 2011 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
T K Mining Services, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Working in mine water and got Dermatitis

July 11, 2011 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T K Mining Services, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

The employee was jack legging, the leg buckeled knocking the employee down and he hit his head causing a cut.

June 30, 2011 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T K Mining Services, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was carrying oil cans from hoist car to the roof bolter. All of a sudden his knee started hurting.

June 21, 2011 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
T K Mining Services, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred between 1 and 2 entry at crosscut #5. The fall was from 6 to 8 feet high. The fall was approximately 30 feet in length. The roof had been bolted with six foot fully grouted roof bolts.

June 15, 2011 CO · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss ELECTRICAL
T K Mining Services, LLC · Contact with electrical current

Person came in contact with high voltage electrical source.

April 29, 2011 CO · Coal HOISTING
T K Mining Services, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Electrical problem with the hoist. It was determined we could not fix it within the allowed time. Called the MSHA hotline number to report the accident (downtime) of hoist. Had all miners come out of mine. Repairs to hoist was made within a few hours. Hoist put back into service.

April 15, 2011 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T K Mining Services, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee lost balance, fell backwards and put his right hand back to catch himself. He ended up falling on his right wrist and he heard a pop sound.

April 4, 2011 CO · Coal HOISTING
T K Mining Services, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

The hoist gears were stripped to nothing when lowering a scoop and slack in the rope tightens it puts alot of tension on the gears of the hoist.

March 4, 2011 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
T K Mining Services, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A cable was being used to help pull a piece of equipment. The cable broke hitting employee across both knees.

February 7, 2011 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T K Mining Services, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mopping bath house floor with mop - buckets and nozzle for hose in the new bath house, could not carry hot water to and from, used sink in the bath house to get water, went over floor again with towel felt back pulled muscle.

January 6, 2011 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T K Mining Services, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mopping bath house floor with mop - bucket and nozzle for hose in the new bath house. Could not carry hot water to and from. Used sink in bath house to get water, went over floor again with towel felt back pull muscle.

2010 · 3 incidents

October 24, 2010 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
T K Mining Services, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Air jumping the fuel trailer with the Eimco. The hose was not hooked up. When the air was turned on, fuel sprayed into worker's eyes.

October 6, 2010 CO · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T K Mining Services, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was moving Angle Iron into warehouse, piece slipped out of his hands and bounced off his leg. Even though this occurred on 10/6/10 he did not report that he needed to go to the doctor till 10/14/10. The injury occured on the last day of his scheduled 7 day rotation. He did not seek medical attention for this until the last day of his 7 off 10/14/10.

May 7, 2010 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
New Elk Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was holding steel aligning it with jackleg and jackleg jumped smashing his hand into the roof.