Mining Incidents

Cranks CreekCoal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Cawood, Harlan County, KY · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519858
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2019–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2025 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was helping load a 3-inch pump into loader bucket when EE strained EE's back.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was exiting the fuel/lube truck when EE slipped in mud and turned EE's left knee.

Fall from machine

Employee was climbing on Dozer to start work when EE tripped on grease hose on the track and fell off dozer on back and right side

2023 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was sitting in employee's Mechanics Truck with Mechanics Helper when the Mechanic told the Helper they thought they were having a heart attack. Mechanic helper contacted me on the company radio and I traveled to their location and took the mechanic straight to the hospital.

2022 · 1 incident

Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was cutting a bracket on the highwall drill with a torch when a piece of slag popped and went through under cutting glass contacting left eye.

2021 · 4 incidents

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was putting in transmission in 40-ton Truck, when the Come-Along slipped pinning the employee's left arm against frame of Truck.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating 777 Rock Truck when they hit a hole in road jarring lower back and felt numbness in left leg.

Contact with hot objects or substances

Tech was using a torch to cut out a tank on a 993K loader. Sparks and spurs came off as tech was cutting landing on pant right pant leg. Tech didn't realize pant leg was on fire until it had burnt tech. Received minor burns on finger tips as tech was putting out the fire on pant leg. Tech had taken off gloves to pat out fire.

Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was burning brush pile with an excavator, when wind caught the fire and blew it in the cab with the employee burning EE on left side of face, elbow, leg, & hand.

2019 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee did not miss any work on this injury until EE had surgery on knee 01-04-2021, Employee was helping mechanic work on pump on powder truck, was beneath truck moving around and twisted left knee.