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Hamilton County Coal, LLC operator

Controlled by Alliance Resource Partners LP

MSHA operator ID: 0119792

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Fatalities: 3
Total incidents: 221
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 2015–2026

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2013

2,151

citations

411

significant & substantial

$1,382,754

proposed penalties

$959,923

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 29 non-fatal
MACHINERY 1 fatality · 11 non-fatal
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 78 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 38 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 29 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026

2025

2024

2023

26 (1f)

2022

2021

2020

2019

18 (1f)

2018

2017

2016

2015

12 (1f)

Mines on record

Mine No. 1 IL
Hamilton County Coal Processing IL

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded

March 18, 2023 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Hamilton County Coal, LLC · Struck by falling object

The fatally injured miner and co-workers were in the process of building cribs during recovery of a longwall shield when unconsolidated rocks fell through the roof mesh and struck the miner.

January 5, 2019 IL · Coal miner, nec Fatality · MACHINERY

Hamilton County Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

A miner was fatally injured when they were pinned between an air-lock equipment door and a concrete rib barrier located near the shaft bottom.

August 19, 2015 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Hamilton County Coal, LLC · Struck by falling object

Was putting screw jacks in to hold a pony boom up, supports dislodged and the pony boom came down hitting shoulders knocking EE to the ground. *On October 1, 2015, the injured miner died. On October 13, 2016, MSHA's Fatality Review Committee determined the death to be mining related and chargeable to the mining industry.