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Bennetts Fork TN Mine Coal

Robert Clear Coal Corporation · Surface

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

citations

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

November 22, 2003 TN · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Robert Clear Coal Corporation · Fall to the walkway or working surface

NO CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. EE SLIPPED EXITING VEHICLE AND FELL ON ARM.

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.