Mining Incidents

Canebrake Surface Coal

Controlled by Eddie Hurley
Gilbert, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608907

Canebrake Surface has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $722 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
Aug 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
38
citations
19
significant & substantial
$4,863
proposed penalties
$4,141
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $722 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
20
inspections on record
430
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 430 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Canebrake Surface has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $722 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$722
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-03-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Canebrake Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.75 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 41 samples.

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.
0.75
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.39
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
41
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-10-14.
Silica (quartz)
3.8
silica avg (%)
16.1
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-08-27.
Noise
20%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-09-29.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 1,592 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,795 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,127 4 0 969.2
2004 Q4 8,579 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,733 5 2 646.6
2004 Q2 4,856 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,992 3 2 375.4
2003 Q4 11,949 1 0 83.7
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3 12,777 1 0 78.3
2003 Q2 12,291 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 8,735 1 0 114.5
2002 Q4 8,818 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 9,039 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,614 14 14 1456.2
2002 Q1 14,976 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 18,792 9 1 478.9
2001 Q3 6,113 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 1 incident

August 14, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING OIL IN END LOADER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

2001 · 1 incident

October 2, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Little Boyd Coal Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE L160 LOADER HAD JUST FIXED THE BERM WHEN HAULPAK BACKED UP TO DUMP MATERIAL. THE MATERIALUNDER THE DUMP GAVE AWAY CAUSING THE ROCK TRUCK TO GO OVER BACKWARDS- OVERTURNING ONCE.

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The full compliance file on Canebrake Surface

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.