Mining Incidents

Hanson Mine Coal

Controlled by Bill Carver
Hanson, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517561

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1994–1996
Latest incident
Jun 1996
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1996 · 1 incident

June 25, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Progressive Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD CLIMBED IN SCRAPER TO START FRONT ENGINE. HE WAS CLIMBING OUT TO START REAR ENGINE. DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS HAND.

1995 · 1 incident

July 21, 1995 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

475 KOMATSU DOZER PUSHING OUT OF SHOT & 3-4FT ROCK ROLLED OFF SIDE OF DOZER BLADE ROCK FELL APPROXIMATELY 10FT FRAM WHERE DOZER WAS WORKING & HIT THE BUCKET ON 992(#203) LOADING KOMATSU END DU

1994 · 1 incident

October 28, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Mesa Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BELLY PAN ON 992-CAT ENLOADER. AS THE PEN CAMEDOWN IN SMASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGE RBETWEEN THE AIR INPACT WRENCH & THE GROUND.