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Cumberland Resources Corporation: 5 recorded fatalities controller

MSHA controller ID: C07082

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Fatalities
5
Total incidents
1,578
Mines on record
46
Years on record
1984–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
12,546
citations
4,208
significant & substantial
$7,455,381
proposed penalties
$5,572,401
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,882,980 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3,020
inspections on record
126,075
inspection hours
10.0
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
12,546 citations across 126,075 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$7.5M
proposed penalties
$5.6M
current assessed
$5.6M
paid to date
$772
outstanding
12,279 assessments are final orders; 674 contested dockets.
Of $6.1M in penalties contested before the Commission, $4.3M was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-05-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
34.2%
significant & substantial
1.2%
high negligence or reckless
34.7%
reasonably likely or greater
8.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 86.3% moderate, 1.1% high, 0.1% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
26.14
total case rate
11.88
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.96 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2010 26.14 11.88 0.000
2009 19.99 8.32 0.160
2008 15.47 5.75 0.111
2007 13.53 6.64 0.000
2006 16.15 8.44 0.000
2005 11.77 7.90 0.322
2004 10.93 6.03 0.000
2003 11.78 8.00 0.000
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Respirable coal dust
ⓘ Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

Last sampled: 2010-04-14, 16 years ago
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
13,282
samples
21.85
dust max (mg/m3)
6,108 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 7,174 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR5,779
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)1,175
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)891

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2010-04-27, 16 years ago
8.5
silica avg (%)
1,523
samples
32.6
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR545
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)140
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH3
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2010-04-14, 16 years ago
15%
over PEL
1,275
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)257
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR237
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)187
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3,501 citations taken to the federal commission · 28% of citations on record
  • Settled 3,458 · 99%
  • Stood as issued 41 · 1%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 0%
95%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2,104 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5.9M proposed, $4.1M after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-10-14. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this controller contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
KENT 2007-309 Prevail Paez 2011 $761K → $761K
VA 2010-604 Settlement Moran 2012 $376K → $280K
KENT 2006-488 Settlement Paez 2010 $360K → $210K
VA 2009-146 Settlement Weisberger 2012 $279K → $87K
KENT 2009-1187 Settlement Weisberger 2012 $175K → $70K
KENT 2008-1309 Settlement Weisberger 2012 $143K → $70K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2010
49
2009
170 (1f)
2008
165 (1f)
2007
131
2006
137
2005
99 (2f)
2004
87
2003
85 (1f)
2002
102
2001
109
2000
74
1999
59
1998
48
1997
62
1996
49
1995
25
1994
43
1993
26
1992
13
1991
3
1990
13
1989
8
1988
5
1987
13
1986
1
1985
1
1984
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

5 recorded
April 22, 2008 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Osaka Mining Corporation · Struck by falling object

The victim was positioned next to the continuous mining machine operator in the No. 7 Heading of the 1 North (about 95'inby S.S.#597). The final shuttle car was being loaded from the face of the place, when a piece of roof bolted rock measuring about 71" long X 39" X 18" thick fell, striking the victim. The injuries received from the occurance were fatal.

August 3, 2005 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Stillhouse Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Pillars were being mined on the mmu-003-0. Mining had been completed in a block and the continuous mining machine had been moved. The crew was in the process of moving the mobile roof supports from the area when a roof fall occurred int he intersection fatally injuring the victim.

August 3, 2005 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Stillhouse Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Pillar were being mined on the MMU 003-0. Mining had been completed in a block and the continous miner had been moved. The crew was in the process of moving the mobile roof supports from the area when a roof fall occurred in the intersection fatally injuring the vicitm.

January 21, 2003 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Dorchester Enterprises, Inc. · Contact with electrical current

THE VICTIM WAS ELECTROCUTED NEAR THE FACE OF NO.8 ENTRY OF THE 001-0 MMU WHILE INSTALLING SUPPLEMENTAL ROOF SUPPORTS. WHEN ANOTHER WORKER FINISHED CUTTING A STEEL BEAM WITH A TORCH, AN ENERGIZ ED TRAILING CABLE WAS DAMAGED CAUSING THE BEAM & TRAILER ON WHICH IT RESTED TO BECOME ENERGIZED. THE VICTIM THEN CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TRAILER, RESULTING IN ELECTROCUTION.

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Where Cumberland Resources Corporation stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.

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