Knight Hawk Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
At approximately 8:35pm the miner operator was fatally injured when he caught himself between the tail of the miner and the coal rib.
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC operator
Controlled by
CBR Investments, LLC; CBR Investments II, LLC
MSHA operator ID: P23970
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
4,291
citations
849
significant & substantial
$2,794,100
proposed penalties
$2,149,239
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $644,861 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,073
inspections on record
80,677
inspection hours
5.3
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.4,291 citations across 80,677 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$2.8M
proposed penalties
$2.3M
current assessed
$2.1M
paid to date
$184K
outstanding
4,028 assessments are final orders; 132 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 fatality · 136 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 43 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 108 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 69 non-fatal
- FIRE 44 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 37 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
16
2025
43
2024
30
2023
21
2022
29
2021
35
2020
35
2019
45
2018
17
2017
21
2016
18
2015
22
2014
12
2013
22 (1f)
2012
25
2011
28
2010
14
2009
23 (1f)
2008
19
2007
9
2006
5
2005
2
2004
2
2003
5
2002
7
2001
5
2000
1
1999
1
1998
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
February 17, 2009
IL · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC · Struck by falling object
A truck driver was delivering a load of lumber to the mine site. While the fork truck operator was unloading the truck, the truck driver walked around the other side of the truck when the fork truck operator accidentally pushed over a bundle of lumber, crushing the truck driver fatally.
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