White Cabin No 5 Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1999–2001
Latest incident
Jan 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
82
citations
38
significant & substantial
$7,702
proposed penalties
$7,702
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 808 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
White Cabin No 5 Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-08-06.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at White Cabin No 5 Mine shows 89% of 104 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: 2001-01-05, 25 years ago
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
104
samples
5.09
dust max (mg/m3)
73 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 31 by the operator.
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.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
White Cabin No 5 Mine recorded 9.51 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ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.
9.51
total case rate
9.51
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2003
0
2002
0
2001
8
49,932
2000
27
475,775
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
White Cabin No 5 Mine sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
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
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
981
1
0
1019.4
2001 Q2
4,486
1
0
222.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1
5,719
18
7
3147.4
2000 Q4
14,139
23
8
1626.7
2000 Q3
16,267
22
17
1352.4
2000 Q2
16,053
10
4
622.9
2000 Q1
16,623
7
2
421.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2001 · 2 incidents
January 5, 2001KY · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EE WAS WALKING IN THE #5 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK (LAMINATED SANDSTONE) MEASURING 23" X 14" X 4" THICK FELL & STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT& RIGHT SHOULDER. THE HEIGHT WAS 99". HE SUFFERE D A SLIGHT CONCUSSION & MUSCLE STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK. HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK ON HIS NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED SHIFT.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #3 TRACK ENTRY ONE CROSSCUT INBY STATION SPAD #37003.THIS LOCATION IS 4 CROSSCUTS OUTBY #5 BELT HEAD.THE FALL WAS 4' THICK BY 20' WIDE BY 20' LONG. THE STRATA THAT FELL WAS LAMINATED SANDSTONE. THE ROOF IN THIS AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED ON THE ADVANCE BY 5' LONG FULLY GROUTED RESIN RODS. NO INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE. FALL WAS CLEANED.
AN UNPLANNED FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT ON THE ACTIVE WORKING SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 38' LONG BY 15' WIDE BY 6' THICK. THE LOCATION WAS 2 CROSSCUTS IN BY STATIO N SPAD #28110 IN THE #4 ENTRY (BOLT ENTRY) AND ADJOINING RIGHT CROSSCUT. NO INJURIES AND NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE. AREA SUPPORTED BY 4' FULLY GROUTEDRESIN RODS.
July 14, 2000KY · Coalscoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A SCOOP WHEN HE SLIPPEDCAUSING HIS WEIGHT TO SHIFT TO HIS RIGHT SIDE. THIS CAUSED PAIN AND SWELLING IN HIS RIGHT KNEE THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INJURED ON 11-10-99.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED OUT BY THE WORKING SECTION IN THE NUMBER 2 AND 3 ENTRIES, MINING WAS STOPPED AND THE WORKING SECTION MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION. THE AREA HAD BEEN PERMANENTLY SUPPORTED WIT H 48" FULLY GROUTED BOLTS.
June 21, 2000KY · Coalsection foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift bossFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED LOADING SHUTTLE CAR AND WAS TURNING AROUND IN SEAT TO GO ANOTHER DIRECTIONWHEN ROCK FELL FROM TOP, STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.