Saber Mining Company, Inc.: 140 MSHA citations operator
Controlled by
Paul Hulse Jr
MSHA operator ID: 0068784
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
140
citations
64
significant & substantial
$20,418
proposed penalties
$9,814
paid to date
48% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,604 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
16
inspections on record
620
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: 620 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
127 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-03-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.50.0%
significant & substantial
0.8%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
4.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.2% low, 89.1% moderate, 0.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Last sampled: 2006-09-12, 20 years ago
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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.85%
within 1.5 mg/m3
27
samples
2.61
dust max (mg/m3)
21 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 6 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR7
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)3
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)3
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2006-09-21, 19 years ago4.7
silica avg (%)
3
samples
5.4
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3
Noise
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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: 2006-09-12, 20 years ago
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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.0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)3
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 2 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2006
3
Mines on record
- Pathfork #1 KY
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Where Saber Mining Company, Inc. 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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