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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

#4 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1996.

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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.
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)
1997 15 83,169
1996 9 33,199
1995 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#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