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#6 Surface: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Hannco Energy Inc · Surface
Chappell, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517856

MSHA record for #6 Surface (mine ID 1517856). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Jun 1997
Ownership history
  1. Hannco Energy Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#6 Surface sits in Leslie County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 10.6% 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.
Leslie County, Kentucky · Population 10,261
10.6%
Mining share of county employment
$40,176
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1997 · 3 incidents

June 5, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hannco Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS DISASSEMBLING A ROLLER FRAMEOFF OF A D9H DOZER. WHEN THE PRESSURE WAS RELEASED ON THE SPRING, THE GREASE RUSHED OUT AND HIT THE MECHANIC IN THE FACE AND EYES.

February 7, 1997 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hannco Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS SETTING IN HIS ROCK TRUCK GETTING LOADER WHEN A ROCK MEASURING 8 TO 10 INCHES LONG, 5 INCHES WIDE AND 3 INCHES THICK FELL OFF THE LOADER BUCKET AS HE WAS RAISING IT INTO POSSISSION TO DUMP IN THE ROCK TRUCK FELL ON THE WINDOW ANDOFF ON ARM.'

January 6, 1997 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hannco Energy Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS GETTING DOWN THE STEPS OF THE OIL TRAILER WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF THE THIRD STEP AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.