Mining Incidents

Gabes Creek Coal

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
21
citations
9
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.