Mining Incidents

Elk Creek Surface FacilitiesCoal

Oxbow Mining, LLC · Facility
Controlled by Oxbow Carbon LLC
Somerset, Gunnison County, CO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0500294
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Oct 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2000 · 4 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROLLING BELTS ON PULLEY OF CRUSHER HE CAUGHT HISFINGER IN PULLEY.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE PULLING ON A DOLLY LOADED WITH A 55-GALLON DRUM OF ANTIFREEZE, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN.

Struck by rolling or sliding object

AS HE WAS LOADING LOOSE TIMBER ONTO LOADER, A TIMBER ROLLED OFF THE PILE AND HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPORTED LOWER BACK HURTS WHILE SHOVELING. DIDN'T MISS WORK UNTIL 5-1-00. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THIS TIME.