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Hawkeye Mine Coal

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC · Surface

Controlled by CBR Investments, LLC; CBR Investments II, LLC

Sparta, Randolph County, IL · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 1103226

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2012–2018
Latest incident: Dec 2018

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2012

citations

significant & substantial

$10,658

proposed penalties

$9,441

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	4,869	0	0.0
2025 Q3	5,027	1	198.9
2025 Q2	4,071	0	0.0
2024 Q4	640	0	0.0
2024 Q2	0	0
2024 Q1	0	0
2023 Q4	487	0	0.0
2023 Q3	0	0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2018 · 1 incident

December 6, 2018 IL · Coal FIRE

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

After pulling a truck out of the mud, they got in the pick up truck to drive it down the road and were told that the truck was on fire. They were unable to put the fire out. Cause of the fire is believed to be a fuel leak.

2012 · 1 incident

July 20, 2012 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated he was greasing the bottom end of the lift cylinder of a dozer when grease sprayed onto his face and underneath his safety glasses into his eyes. Prescription eye drops were prescribed by the emergency room doctor.