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#4: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Hunter Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Roger Hunter
Honaker, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517706

MSHA record for #4 (mine ID 1517706). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1996–1997
Latest incident
Apr 1997
Ownership history
  1. Hunter Mining Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#4 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1997 · 1 incident

April 16, 1997 KY · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Hunter Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTER HAD STARTED TO MOVE ACROSS SECTION STOPPING AFTER HIS BAR HAD TURNED CORNER. BAR WAS ABOUT 18" PARRALEL TO RIB. ONE SCOOP PASSED BY THE BAR AND THE NEXT SCOOP MAN MUST HAVE NOT NOTICED IT. STRUCK THE BAR WITH HIS HEAD, MAKING A CUT ON EACH SIDE OF HEAD.

1996 · 1 incident