Mining Incidents

Cawood #1 Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Cawood, Harlan County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519963

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
29
citations
6
significant & substantial
$20,531
proposed penalties
$19,305
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 9,235 6 1 649.7
2025 Q3 2,278 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 546 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

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

April 14, 2026 KY · Coal welder (non-shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Ent. Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was placing doors on fan house air lock to weld them on and pulled at door and strained groin area.