Mining Incidents

ColmarCoal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Calvin, Bell County, KY · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519884
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2021–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
Struck by falling object

Employee was driving on work site when a tree fell off the High Wall into the cab of employee's pickup.

Reportable incidents

8 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2025 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee picked up a bucket of grease to grease the threads on the drill steel on the highwall drill when EE felt a pop in EE's lower back.

Struck by falling object

Employee was helping set up Highwall Miner when they walked around front left track, when a mud ball fell from highwall and busted on ground throwing debris, hitting employee in groin area.

2024 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling on a 6-inch discharge hose when they felt a pop in their left shoulder.

2023 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving down haul road in personal vehicle when employee met an employee from the day shift crew leaving work early coming up the haul road. Employee coming down the haul road was in the center of the road striking the day shift's employee vehicle in the driver's side front.

2022 · 3 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was getting out of the bed of EE's work truck when EE went to step to the ground from the rear bumper location, employee foot slipped due to the ground being froze and slick causing EE to fall and hitting EE's left knee on the ground.

Struck against a moving object

EE was operating 980M Caterpillar Frontend Loader cleaning up loose material in the pit area, when bucket became lodged in solid material. When EE went to back up the bucket became dislodged from the solid material and slammed EE down, causing the seat to bottom out on the seat frame.

Struck by falling object

Employee was riding with Blaster to take powder bags to job site when tree fell from High Wall into cab of pickup.

2021 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

Employee was climbing off grader when the wind blew the grader door hit employee in back knocking employee off grader onto ground, landed flat on back, knocking the breath out of employee.