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No 4: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Cedar Grove Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Larry Cantrell
Grethel, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515361

MSHA record for No 4 (mine ID 1515361). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1988–1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
Ownership history
  1. Cedar Grove Mining Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 4 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

June 22, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Cedar Grove Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HOLDING THE CUTTER CABLE WHEN THE CUTTER OPERATOR TURNED ON REEL TO ROLL UP CABLE CATCHING AND FOULING HIS FOOT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

January 14, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Grove Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK WHILE HE WAS STRAIGHTENED ROOF BOLT.

1991 · 2 incidents

August 20, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Grove Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

GETTING ROCK OFF BELT LINE WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

April 8, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Cedar Grove Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN THE ROTATION OF THE ROOF BOLTER AND TWISTED HIS FINGER.

1990 · 1 incident

1988 · 1 incident

November 2, 1988 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Grove Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LOADING SOLID BLOCKS INTO SCOOP & ALLEGES THAT HE STRAINED BACK.