Bernard A Paulson: 219 MSHA citations controller
MSHA controller ID: M34290
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 86
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1988–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
219
citations
52
significant & substantial
$123,341
proposed penalties
$82,820
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $40,521 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
979
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: 979 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
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A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2011-11-16.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, 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.$123K
proposed penalties
$83K
current assessed
$83K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
216 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
Of $82K in penalties contested before the Commission, $41K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-02-23.
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.24.1%
significant & substantial
17.6%
high negligence or reckless
23.6%
reasonably likely or greater
40.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.2% low, 72.2% moderate, 17.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
39
citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
- Settled 39 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.of 22 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$82K proposed, $41K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-06-06. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this controller contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT 2012-559M | Settlement | Simonton | 2013 | $19K → $8K |
| CENT 2012-677M | Settlement | Lesnick | 2012 | $17K → $4K |
| CENT 2012-330M | Settlement | Simonton | 2012 | $9K → $4K |
| CENT 2012-742M | Settlement | Lesnick | 2012 | $6K → $6K |
| CENT 2013-698M | Settlement | Miller | 2014 | $6K → $5K |
| CENT 2008-760M | Settlement | Feldman | 2009 | $5K → $2K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 31 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 19 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 10 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 6 non-fatal
- OTHER 5 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2018
2
2016
2
2015
2
2013
1
2012
2
2011
2
2010
2
2009
1
2008
6
2007
2
2006
6
2005
7
2004
6
2003
5
2002
4
2001
2
2000
1
1997
2
1995
2
1994
3
1993
3
1992
2
1990
8
1989
11
1988
2
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Where Bernard A Paulson stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
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