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#2 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Hannco Energy Inc · Surface
Carrie, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517395

#2 Surface has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Jan 1994
Ownership history
  1. Hannco Energy Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1995 3 9,007
1994 31 272,921
1993 17 89,304
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#2 Surface sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

January 14, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hannco Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING ROCK WITH 992-C LOADER A ROCK CAME OVER THE TOP OF THE BUCKET GUARD & FELL ON ARM OF LOADER BUCKET EE CLIMBED OUT OF CAB OF LOADER & ON TO BUCKET BOOM TRYING TO ROLL THE ROCK OF F THE BOOM ARM WHEN HE PICKED ROCK UP IT SLID & HIT HIM ON THE LITTLE TOE