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Red Grader Mtn Top: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Benjamin R. Bennett
Harlan, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517366

Red Grader Mtn Top has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Feb 1994
Ownership history
  1. Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1995 17 15,258
1994 39
1993 32 23,288
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Red Grader Mtn Top 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

3 on file

1994 · 1 incident

February 15, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS REMOVING BREAK ROTOR FROM 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE AND WHEN THE ROTOR CLEARED THEAXLE THAT WAS SUPPORTING IT, INJURED WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AXLE, DROPPING IT TOTHEGROUND CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROTOR AND GROUND CUTTING IS FINGER.

1993 · 2 incidents

March 4, 1993 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Struck by flying object

A TREE BRANCH HAD BECAME LODGED BEHIND THE EX- HAUST PIPE OF THE BULLDOZER THE INJURED WAS OPERATING. THE INJURED TRIED TO LIFT THE BRANCH ABOVE THE EXHAUST PIPE SO HE COULD TRAM ON PAST AND WHEN THE BRANCH CLEARED THE PIPE IT FLIPPED WITH FORCE STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST AREA.