Mining Incidents

Four Mile Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Pineville, Bell County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519432

Four Mile has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2011–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
122
citations
19
significant & substantial
$19,012
proposed penalties
$17,047
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,965 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
57
inspections on record
2,100
inspection hours
5.8
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.
122 citations across 2,100 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Four Mile has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 4 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
116 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Four Mile shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 232 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.13
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.04
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
232
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-28.
Silica (quartz)
13.9
silica avg (%)
35.8
silica max (%)
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-05-29.
Noise
0%
over PEL
106
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-26.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 11,987 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,908 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,281 4 3 389.1
2025 Q1 12,035 2 0 166.2
2024 Q4 4,311 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,305 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 25,660 3 0 116.9
2024 Q1 26,027 0 0 0.0
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 25,453 3 0 117.9
2023 Q3 19,380 3 1 154.8
2023 Q2 23,400 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 20,083 2 0 99.6
2022 Q4 17,561 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 17,731 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 15,023 9 1 599.1
2022 Q1 15,781 3 1 190.1
2021 Q4 14,776 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 15,422 11 2 713.3
2021 Q2 21,240 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 17,392 3 0 172.5
2020 Q4 21,319 2 0 93.8
2020 Q3 22,971 12 1 522.4
2020 Q2 28,304 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 27,310 11 1 402.8
2019 Q4 23,031 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 23,500 7 0 297.9
2019 Q2 24,242 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 23,905 12 3 502.0
2018 Q4 14,735 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,179 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 738 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q4 263 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,113 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,451 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,000 1 0 1000.0
2012 Q1 11,435 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 27,528 1 1 36.3
2011 Q3 26,018 15 2 576.5
2011 Q2 26,135 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2026 · 1 incident

January 29, 2026 KY · Coal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by flying object

Removing broken master link bolts - D10T track. Elevated portion on the service truck crane and a crib block. When lowering track to ground, engaged boom in order to elevate the track off the crib block. Boom had a delayed due to a now diagnosed missing sensor spring. The boom raised unexpectedly, caused tension on the crane cable and the cable whiplashed. Laceration to forehead.

2023 · 1 incident

2022 · 2 incidents

August 3, 2022 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

While pulling a transmission and torque out of loader, had to remove auto lube pump and tank to get out of the way. During the process another employee was helping with it and somehow tripped up and fell causing the auto lube pump to fall and hit employee in the top of head.

May 6, 2022 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was opening side door on box trailer, where wet hole bags are stored. Employee pulled handle to unlatch door when handle sprung around striking employee above right eye, causing a laceration above right eye approximately 1 inch in length. Employee received 4 stitches to the laceration.

2021 · 2 incidents

August 16, 2021 KY · Coal groundman, yardman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking on High Wall Miner, lost footing, stumbled and tried to catch self, hit the stair on the Miner injuring right side back and ribs.

June 9, 2021 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was loading mulch on Hydro Seeder Truck when they felt a sharp pain in lower back,

2020 · 1 incident

August 14, 2020 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was steam cleaning a D11R Dozer, when they slipped, fell and hit left knee on the dozers' blade stabilizer bar. Employee did not miss any work until 9-11-2020.

2011 · 2 incidents

July 28, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was hauling mud on Volvo truck when he went across ruts in road and jerked the cab of the truck hurting his lower back. Employee didn't tell foreman until next day 7/29/11 and did not go to ER until 7/30/11 and is not going to his regular doctor until 8/1/11, he then came back to work on 8/3/11 and left early to go back to the ER with back pain.

April 19, 2011 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning up area after a storm with a skid loader. He kept twisting his neck to back up then go forward. Developed pain in neck. Employee didn't immediately go to the doctor.

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The full compliance file on Four Mile

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.