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Gabes Creek Coal

James River Coal Service · Surface

Controlled by James River Coal Company

Big Laurel, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518976

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2007
Latest incident: Mar 2007

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2006

citations

significant & substantial

$2,102

proposed penalties

$1,677

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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	0	2	0
2007 Q2	19,190	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	19,903	2	0	100.5

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 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)

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.