Struck by falling object
The fatally injured miner and co-workers were in the process of building cribs during recovery of a longwall shield when unconsolidated rocks fell through the roof mesh and struck the miner.
Hamilton County Coal, LLCOperator
Controlled by Alliance Resource Partners LP
MSHA Operator ID: 0119792
- Fatalities
- 3
- Total incidents
- 217
- Mines on record
- 2
- Period
- —
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Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 29 non-fatal
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 11 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS77 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON36 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)28 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
12
2025
19
2024
24
2023
26 (1f)
2022
28
2021
6
2020
5
2019
18 (1f)
2018
17
2017
30
2016
20
2015
12 (1f)
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
3 recordedCaught in, under or between running or meshing objects
A miner was fatally injured when they were pinned between an air-lock equipment door and a concrete rib barrier located near the shaft bottom.
Struck by falling object
Was putting screw jacks in to hold a pony boom up, supports dislodged and the pony boom came down hitting shoulders knocking EE to the ground. *On October 1, 2015, the injured miner died. On October 13, 2016, MSHA's Fatality Review Committee determined the death to be mining related and chargeable to the mining industry.