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Hopkins County Coal LLCOperator

Controlled by Alliance Resource Partners LP
MSHA Operator ID: P23879
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
699
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2000–2016

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.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#633of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

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 Hopkins County Coal LLC. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 56 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK414 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS93 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)41 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON29 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE27 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2016
10
2015
23
2014
40
2013
30
2012
34
2011
46
2010
110
2009
71
2008
49
2007
86
2006
89 (1f)
2005
12
2003
3
2002
33
2001
30
2000
33

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Hopkins County Coal LLC
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Jaw area of head/neck was pinched between handrail of manlift and cable tray. Foot was still on deadman switch.