Mining Incidents

Anton Shop: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Madisonville, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1505503

MSHA record for Anton Shop (mine ID 1505503). 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
1988
Latest incident
Dec 1988
Ownership history
  1. Island Creek Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Anton Shop sits in Hopkins County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Hopkins County, Kentucky · Population 45,143
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$57,610
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

1988 · 2 incidents

December 20, 1988 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Island Creek Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

USING AUTO METAL CUTTING MACHINE,CUTTING WEDGES FOR CLUTCH CASE.MACHINE FINISHED CUT AND MASHED HIS FINGER.

June 21, 1988 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS IN LEG MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY HAS NOW DETERMINED A BACK PROBLEM