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Dennis Snyder: 44 MSHA citations controller

MSHA controller ID: C05526

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
44
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,407
proposed penalties
$2,013
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $394 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
245
inspections on record
2,810
inspection hours
1.6
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.
44 citations across 2,810 inspection hours.
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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$147
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $515 in penalties contested before the Commission, $268 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-08-01.
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.
4.7%
significant & substantial
2.4%
high negligence or reckless
2.4%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.2% low, 71.4% moderate, 2.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Respirable coal dust
ⓘ Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

Last sampled: 2005-08-16, 21 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
397
samples
4.27
dust max (mg/m3)
195 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 202 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HAND LOADERS255
  • TRACTOR OPERATOR/MOTORMAN41
  • HOIST ENGINEER/OPERATOR38

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2003-09-15, 22 years ago
0.8
silica avg (%)
3
samples
0.9
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • HAND LOADERS3
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2005-08-17, 21 years ago
0%
over PEL
47
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HAND LOADERS14
  • HOIST ENGINEER/OPERATOR13
  • TRACTOR OPERATOR/MOTORMAN12
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 100%
49%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$295 proposed, $150 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 2005-05-18. 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
PENN 2005-170 Settlement Lesnick 2005 $120 → $60
PENN20020141 Settlement Barbour 2002 $110 → $60
PENN 2005-174 Settlement Lesnick 2005 $60 → $30
PENN 2005-171 Settlement Lesnick 2005 $60 → $30
PENN 2004-2 Settlement Lesnick 2004 $55 → $30
PENN20030076 Settlement Barbour 2003 $55 → $30
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Where Dennis Snyder stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.

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