Mining Incidents

Brad Eastman: 91 MSHA citations controller

MSHA controller ID: M10215

Brad Eastman has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $48K in penalties since 2000, with $31K outstanding.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Mines on record
0
Years on record
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
91
citations
25
significant & substantial
$48,464
proposed penalties
$12,103
paid to date
25% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $36,361 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
43
inspections on record
409
inspection hours
n/a
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: 409 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
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$48K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$31K
outstanding
91 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $38K in penalties contested before the Commission, $32K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-07-07.
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.
27.5%
significant & substantial
20.9%
high negligence or reckless
27.5%
reasonably likely or greater
57.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.6% low, 72.5% moderate, 20.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ 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.
22 citations taken to the federal commission · 24% of citations on record
  • Settled 21 · 95%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 5%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ 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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
14%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$37K proposed, $32K 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 2017-07-03. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
ⓘ 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 2017-0357 Settlement Manning 2017 $25K → $20K
CENT 2017-0356 Settlement Manning 2017 $9K → $9K
CENT 2011-844M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $2K
CENT 2004-64-M Settlement Barbour 2004 $1K → $450
CENT 2011-845M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $700 → $700
CENT 2017-0401 Default Lesnick 2017 $140 → $140
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this controller.

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