Mining Incidents

Red Grader Mtn Top Coal

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

MSHA record for Red Grader Mtn Top (mine ID 1517366). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Feb 1994
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.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.