Mining Incidents

Cranks Creek Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Cawood, Harlan County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519858

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2019–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
103
citations
7
significant & substantial
$19,479
proposed penalties
$11,759
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 22,332 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 21,968 10 0 455.2
2025 Q2 24,093 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 25,952 12 3 462.4
2024 Q4 23,658 1 1 42.3
2024 Q1 25,178 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 26,320 8 0 304.0
2023 Q2 25,391 13 2 512.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2025 · 3 incidents

November 14, 2025 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was helping load a 3-inch pump into loader bucket when EE strained EE's back.

July 21, 2025 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was exiting the fuel/lube truck when EE slipped in mud and turned EE's left knee.

March 17, 2025 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing on Dozer to start work when EE tripped on grease hose on the track and fell off dozer on back and right side

2023 · 1 incident

November 20, 2023 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was sitting in employee's Mechanics Truck with Mechanics Helper when the Mechanic told the Helper they thought they were having a heart attack. Mechanic helper contacted me on the company radio and I traveled to their location and took the mechanic straight to the hospital.

2022 · 1 incident

May 12, 2022 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was cutting a bracket on the highwall drill with a torch when a piece of slag popped and went through under cutting glass contacting left eye.

2021 · 4 incidents

August 12, 2021 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was putting in transmission in 40-ton Truck, when the Come-Along slipped pinning the employee's left arm against frame of Truck.

July 6, 2021 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating 777 Rock Truck when they hit a hole in road jarring lower back and felt numbness in left leg.

June 23, 2021 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Tech was using a torch to cut out a tank on a 993K loader. Sparks and spurs came off as tech was cutting landing on pant right pant leg. Tech didn't realize pant leg was on fire until it had burnt tech. Received minor burns on finger tips as tech was putting out the fire on pant leg. Tech had taken off gloves to pat out fire.

May 3, 2021 KY · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator FIRE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was burning brush pile with an excavator, when wind caught the fire and blew it in the cab with the employee burning EE on left side of face, elbow, leg, & hand.

2019 · 1 incident

February 26, 2019 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unknown operator · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee did not miss any work on this injury until EE had surgery on knee 01-04-2021, Employee was helping mechanic work on pump on powder truck, was beneath truck moving around and twisted left knee.