What are Chester Holbrook's MSHA penalties?

Chester Holbrook has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, $4K paid, and $7K outstanding.

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Chester Holbrook: 37 MSHA citations controller

MSHA controller ID: C15401

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 0
Mines on record: 0
Years on record: —

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$21,061

proposed penalties

$3,707

paid to date

18% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,354 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

inspections on record

365

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: 365 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.

$21K

proposed penalties

$11K

current assessed

$4K

paid to date

$7K

outstanding

37 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.

Of $20K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.

As of the most recent assessment on 2002-01-10.

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.

64.9%

significant & substantial

35.1%

high negligence or reckless

64.9%

reasonably likely or greater

37.8%

permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs

Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.4% low, 59.5% moderate, 29.7% high, 5.4% reckless.

Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

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
VA 20000038	Settlement	Hodgdon	2003	$11K → $4K
VA 20020036	Settlement	Hodgdon	2003	$5K → $2K
VA 20010021	Default	Barbour	2001	$2K → $2K
VA 20020027	Settlement	Hodgdon	2003	$1K → $560
VA 20000001	Default	Barbour	2001	$691 → $691
VA 20010026	Settlement	Barbour	2001	$600 → $525

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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Where Chester Holbrook stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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