Data / Mines / Kentucky / Cardinal
Cardinal, Hopkins County, Kentucky: 3,217 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Cardinal is an active coal (bituminous) underground mine in Hopkins County, Kentucky, operated by Warrior Coal Llc with 427 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1517216). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 3,217 citations and orders there with $1,585,640 in proposed penalties, and 234 accident reports were filed there, with 174 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1517216
- Status
- Active since June 14, 1993
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Hopkins County, Kentucky
- Nearest town
- Madisonville, Ky
- Operator
- Warrior Coal Llc
- Parent company
- Alliance Resource Partners LP
- Employees
- 427
- MSHA field office
- Madisonville KY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 3,217
- Significant and substantial
- 693 (21.5%)
- Closure orders
- 48
- High negligence or reckless
- 125
- Proposed penalties
- $1,585,640
- Amount paid so far
- $1,303,026
- Inspections
- 470
- Inspector hours on site
- 29,563
- Citations per inspection
- 6.84 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 234
- Injury and illness cases
- 174
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 5, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 10 ($4,567 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 605 | 109 | $225,799 | 49 |
| 2023 | 740 | 125 | $336,036 | 38 |
| 2024 | 740 | 169 | $436,271 | 26 |
| 2025 | 623 | 154 | $369,641 | 27 |
| 2026 | 509 | 136 | $217,893 | 34 |
Standards cited most at Cardinal
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 311 |
| 30 CFR 75.220 | Underground coal mines, safety | 274 |
| 30 CFR 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 239 |
| 30 CFR 75.1731 | Underground coal mines, safety | 213 |
| 30 CFR 75.517 | Underground coal mines, safety | 203 |
| 30 CFR 75.342 | Underground coal mines, safety | 151 |
| 30 CFR 75.604 | Underground coal mines, safety | 141 |
| 30 CFR 75.202 | Underground coal mines, safety | 126 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 104 |
| 30 CFR 75.503 | Underground coal mines, safety | 102 |
| 30 CFR 75.403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 73 |
| 30 CFR 75.350 | Underground coal mines, safety | 69 |
| 30 CFR 75.1100-3 | Underground coal mines, safety | 51 |
| 30 CFR 75.333 | Underground coal mines, safety | 47 |
| 30 CFR 75.1910 | Underground coal mines, safety | 46 |
Injury and illness cases at Cardinal
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Permanent disability | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 124 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 49 |
What the accident reports at Cardinal describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Fall of roof or back | 59 |
| Handling of materials | 58 |
| Machinery | 29 |
| Slip or fall of person | 20 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 16 |
| Powered haulage | 15 |
| Hoisting | 12 |
| Striking or bumping | 5 |
| Fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Cardinal
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 27 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 16 |
| Elevator | 14 |
| Mancar | 9 |
| Continuous miner | 6 |
| Load-haul-dump | 4 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 2 |
| Shuttle car | 2 |
| Conveyor | 2 |
| Machine | 1 |
Other open mines in Hopkins County, Kentucky
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrior Preparation Plant | Warrior Coal Llc | Hopkins County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 35 | 48 |
| Carbonado Mine #2, LLC | Carbonado Coal Company, LP | Hopkins County, KY | Not stated | 0 | 0 |
| Fies Slurry Recovery | SF Contracting, LLC | Hopkins County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.