Douglas Vaughn: 208 MSHA citations controller
MSHA controller ID: C16020
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
208
citations
109
significant & substantial
$59,160
proposed penalties
$59,160
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
97
inspections on record
2,740
inspection hours
7.6
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.208 citations across 2,740 inspection hours.
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.$59K
proposed penalties
$59K
current assessed
$59K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
198 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-01-20.
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.55.1%
significant & substantial
3.5%
high negligence or reckless
55.6%
reasonably likely or greater
5.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.0% low, 92.4% moderate, 3.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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
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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: 2020-12-03, 5 years ago
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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.100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
129
samples
1.34
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
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The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.107 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 22 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR37
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER36
- TIPPLE OPERATOR26
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2014-12-18, 11 years ago6.8
silica avg (%)
6
samples
11.9
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR4
- TIPPLE OPERATOR2
Noise
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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: 2021-05-17, 5 years ago
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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.4%
over PEL
104
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER32
- TIPPLE OPERATOR21
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR15
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2011
1
Operators under this controller
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Where Douglas Vaughn 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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