Mining Incidents

Black Hawk Coal

Sparta, IL, Randolph County, IL  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1103248

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2012–2017
Latest incident
May 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
26
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,385
proposed penalties
$5,234
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 S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 1,678 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 1 0
2023 Q4 554 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 621 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,242 1 0 805.2
2020 Q3 1,303 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,999 0 0 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

6 on file

2017 · 1 incident

May 24, 2017 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Knight Hawk Coal LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was getting off of the dozer and slipped, striking employee's left shin on the push arm of the dozer. Employee continued working until 5-31-2017.

2016 · 2 incidents

August 22, 2016 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Knight Hawk Coal LLC · Struck against stationary object

Driver cut arm on the ticket weather cover at the scale kiosk when the truck rolled as employee was getting their ticket.

April 18, 2016 IL · Coal FIRE
Knight Hawk Coal LLC · Accident type, without injuries

End loader caught fire while moving coal. It is believed that there was a short in the wiring.

2015 · 2 incidents

June 10, 2015 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knight Hawk Coal LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing tap from hole. The wrench slipped and he cut his thumb on the bit. His thumb required 3 sutures.

January 8, 2015 IL · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Knight Hawk Coal LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee slipped and fell, hitting his face on a pipe. He continued to work until 1-20-2015. He returned to work on 1-23-2015.

2012 · 1 incident

May 29, 2012 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Knight Hawk Coal LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a John Deere 850J dozer clearing brush when the dozer traveled onto a stump and fell off, causing him to strike his left shoulder against the inside of the dozer cab. The first day of work missed was 7/13/2012.