Mining Incidents

ERP Cabin Creek Mine: 9 MSHA citations Coal

Eskdale Post Office, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609529

ERP Cabin Creek Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $814 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Oct 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
9
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,046
proposed penalties
$232
paid to date
22% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $814 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
16
inspections on record
155
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: 155 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ERP Cabin Creek Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $814 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$232
paid to date
$814
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-03-27.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
11.1%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 88.9% moderate, 11.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at ERP Cabin Creek Mine shows 100% of 8 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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: 2017-09-22, 8 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
8
samples
0.14
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
5 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 3 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR5
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR2
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR1

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2017-08-29, 8 years ago
51.0
silica avg (%)
1
samples
51.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR1

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: 2017-08-22, 9 years ago
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR4
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. ERP Environmental Fund Inc. 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 1
2019 0
2018 1
2017 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

ERP Cabin Creek Mine sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2020 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 129 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 252 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 480 1 0 2083.3
2017 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 500 6 0 12000.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

October 9, 2017 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ERP Environmental Fund Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Installing D20T equalizer bar end pins with a 16 lb sledgehammer strained right shoulder. Did not seek medical treatment until 10/23/17