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Cloverfork Energy: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Hyde Luther Jr
Putney, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1508749

MSHA record for Cloverfork Energy (mine ID 1508749). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
Ownership history
  1. Clover Fork Energy Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cloverfork Energy sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

July 25, 1988 KY · Coal auger helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clover Fork Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR EXTENDED SKID JACK OUT. EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A WOOD BLOCK UNDER SKID. EMPLOYEE SAID HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT IN THE ROLLER, CAUSING INJURY TO THE RIGHT HAND.