Mining Incidents

Mine No 20 Coal

Controlled by Benjamin R. Bennett
Evarts, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518098

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
164
citations
76
significant & substantial
$79,870
proposed penalties
$57,829
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 18,401 21 10 1141.2
2002 Q3 13,781 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 20,738 14 0 675.1
2002 Q1 30,738 7 5 227.7
2001 Q4 29,420 9 6 305.9
2001 Q3 30,656 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 24,210 32 12 1321.8
2001 Q1 15,931 1 1 62.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2002 · 1 incident

May 20, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Fall from machine

THE INJURED WAS STEPPING OFF THE STEP OF THE SERVICE TRUCK AND STIPPED AND FELL AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER.

2001 · 3 incidents

November 27, 2001 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE INJURED WAS WALKING OUT OF THE FILTER TRAILOR DOWN THE RAMP AND STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO TRIP AND FALL.

September 6, 2001 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Fall from machine

THE INJURED WAS STEPPING OOF HIS DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.1ST DAY OFF WORK 9-10-01.

August 17, 2001 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS CLOSING 6THE DOOR ON THE ROAD GRADER AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE DOOR & FRAME, CAUSING A LACERATION & FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF THE THUMB.

2000 · 5 incidents

March 14, 2000 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS RIDING IN THE BED OF A PICK UP TRUCK WHEN THE PICK UP RAN OVER A ROCK AND THE INJURED WAS BOUNCED AROUND AND HIT THE SIDE OF THE BED.

January 17, 2000 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS CLIMBINGH DOWN OFF THE LOADER AND WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO THE GORUND, HE STEPPED ON A BLOCK OF COAL AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.

January 14, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Rubbed or abraded

EMPLOYEE WAS USING CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE BEARINGS FROM A BULLDOZER BLADE ASSEMBLY. WHILE KNEELING DOWN FOR A EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME ON HIS KNEES, WHEN GETTING UP TO A STANDING POSITION HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED.