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.
Red Grader Mtn Top: 3 reportable incidents Coal
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc
· Surface
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
Ownership history
- Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Red Grader Mtn Top sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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 file1994 · 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
1993 · 2 incidents
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Fall from machine
INJURED ALLEDGED HE FELL FROM THE WATER-TRUCK IN WHICH HE WAS FILLING LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HAND & ELBOW.
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.