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Hanson Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Bill Carver
Hanson, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517561

MSHA record for Hanson Mine (mine ID 1517561). 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
1994–1996
Latest incident
Jun 1996
Ownership history
  1. Mesa Coals Inc 1994 to 1995
  2. Progressive Mining Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1996 · 1 incident

June 25, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Progressive Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD CLIMBED IN SCRAPER TO START FRONT ENGINE. HE WAS CLIMBING OUT TO START REAR ENGINE. DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS HAND.

1995 · 1 incident

July 21, 1995 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

475 KOMATSU DOZER PUSHING OUT OF SHOT & 3-4FT ROCK ROLLED OFF SIDE OF DOZER BLADE ROCK FELL APPROXIMATELY 10FT FRAM WHERE DOZER WAS WORKING & HIT THE BUCKET ON 992(#203) LOADING KOMATSU END DU

1994 · 1 incident

October 28, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Mesa Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BELLY PAN ON 992-CAT ENLOADER. AS THE PEN CAMEDOWN IN SMASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGE RBETWEEN THE AIR INPACT WRENCH & THE GROUND.