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East Hanson Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Warrior Coal Llc · Surface
Hanson, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517740

MSHA record for East Hanson Mine (mine ID 1517740). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1996–1999
Latest incident
May 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
4
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 4 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Christian Coal Corp 1996 to 2001
  2. Warrior Coal Llc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

East Hanson Mine 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.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,360 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,303 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1999 · 1 incident

May 26, 1999 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Christian Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING THE WATER TRUCK & GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF ROAD, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO OVERTRUN

1998 · 2 incidents

August 18, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Christian Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON A DIIN TRACTOR AND THE TARP STRAP HOOK BROKE, HITTING HIM IN THE NOSE.

July 30, 1998 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Christian Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS INSTRUCTING THE MECHANIC, ON HIS NEXT JOB DUTY. AS MECHANIC WAS STRIKING A PIECE OF STEEL WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF STEEL IMBEDDED IN EE'S EAR.

1997 · 1 incident

April 12, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Christian Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EE WAS GETTING OFF D-6 DOZER, SLIPPED HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON TRACK.

1996 · 1 incident

September 25, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Christian Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EE WAS SERVICING D11N & FELL OFF MACHINE & FRACTURING RIGHT LEG.