Mining Incidents

Hamco Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by English Coal Company Inc
Hancock County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510342

MSHA record for Hamco Strip (mine ID 1510342). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Jun 2006
Ownership history
  1. Hamco Coal Company 1977 to 1978
  2. Pennyrile Coal Company Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hamco Strip sits in Hancock County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Hancock County, Kentucky · Population 9,032
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$66,836
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

June 8, 2006 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pennyrile Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

In the process of repairing D-10 engine EE was using a pry bar to remove a piston. The bar slipped resulting in a cut on his left hand.