As employee was climbing down off his rock truck at quit time, he placed his right foot on the ground. When he put his full weight on it, he broke a bone in his right foot.
Gabes Creek Coal
James River Coal Service
· Surface
Controlled by
James River Coal Company
Big Laurel,
Harlan County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518976
Gabes Creek has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $425 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2007
- Latest incident
- Mar 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
21
citations
9
significant & substantial
$2,102
proposed penalties
$1,677
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $425 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
9
inspections on record
271
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 271 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Gabes Creek has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $425 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$425
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-04-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Gabes Creek shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.05 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 20 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.05
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.10
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-11-06.
Noise
0%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-11-06.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 20,704 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 19,119 | 2 | 0 | 104.6 |
| 2007 Q3 | 19,273 | 2 | 0 | 103.8 |
| 2007 Q2 | 19,190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 18,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Q4 | 19,903 | 2 | 0 | 100.5 |
| 2006 Q3 | 18,399 | 9 | 6 | 489.2 |
| 2006 Q2 | 17,914 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 4,768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2007 · 1 incident
March 2, 2007
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
James River Coal Service · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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The full compliance file on Gabes Creek
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.