Mining Incidents

Bennetts Fork TN Mine Coal

Controlled by Robert L Clear
Clairfield, Claiborne County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003026

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Nov 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
60
citations
34
significant & substantial
$45,057
proposed penalties
$38,153
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
2008 Q2 14,100 26 22 1844.0
2008 Q1 11,530 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q2 1,456 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

April 15, 2003 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NO VALUE FOUND
Robert Clear Coal Corporation · No Value Found

OPERATOR DROVE HIS BACKDUMP TRUCK UPON THE FILL AREA AT LUNCH BREAK, AND IN THE PROCESS OF STEPPING DOWN THE LADDER HIS LEFT FOOT MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP ADN CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO TWIST TO ONE SIDE. THERE WAS NO PAIN OR DISCOMFORT UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING WHEN HE WAS GETTING OUT OF BED.