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
- Years on record
- 2015–2026
Safety benchmark
Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.
More recorded fatalities than 89% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
This operator
3
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- National Cement Company Of California Inc4fatal224 total
- Hamilton County Coal, LLCthis operator3fatal217 total
- Cumberland River Coal LLC2fatal217 total
- Oil-Dri Georgia LLC1fatal216 total
- Syar Industries, Inc1fatal223 total
Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.
For counsel + compliance teams
Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under Hamilton County Coal, LLC. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.
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.