90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $44,520 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,801
inspections on record
43,290
inspection hours
6.6
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.
2,874 citations across 43,290 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.
$437K
proposed penalties
$409K
current assessed
$392K
paid to date
$17K
outstanding
2,824 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $66K in penalties contested before the Commission, $42K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-03-17.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.57 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
18.85
12.57
0.000
2002
9.42
4.66
0.000
2001
9.87
5.83
0.000
2000
15.56
12.98
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
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: 2004-12-07, 21 years ago
90%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5,173
samples
16.88
dust max (mg/m3)
2,503 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 2,670 by the operator.
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.
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.
ON THE SUB MAINS #4 PANEL, #2 HEADING, AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A ROOF RIB BROKE AND FELL COVERING UP THE EMPLOYEE. FIVE PEOPLE WERE REMOVED FROM UNDER THE ROCK. THERE WERE MUTIPLE INJURIES AND NO VITAL SIGNS FOUND WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKED BY AN E.M.T.
April 13, 1999VA · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorFatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
IN THE SOUTH MAINS A ROOF FALL MEASURING APPROX 30'X35'X10' THICK TAPERING TO 0 OCCURED IN THE LAST INTERSECTION OF THE #2 ENTRY WHILE DEVELOPING THE FIRST OUT OF THE #2 CROSSCUT. THE ROOF FA LL ENTRAPPED THE VICTIM AND RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES. A CONTINUOUS MINER ADN SHUTTLE CAR WERE INVOLVED IN THE FALL.
April 11, 1996WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
VICTI WAS STANDING AT REAR OF ROOF BOLTER, EMPLOYEES HAD PARKED MAC-8 APPROX 30' AWAY AT TOP OF SLOPE. APPARENTLY PARK BRAKE HANDLE SPRUNG UP TO THE OFF POSITION AND MAC-8 ROLLED DOWN SLOPE AND STRUCK VICTIM, PINNING HIM AGAINST ROOF BOLTER.
April 20, 1994UT · Coalelectrician, linemanFatality · MACHINERY
ROCK FALL 2-4'THICK,25'WIDE AND LENGTH UNKNOWN OCCURRED IN INTERSECTION OF #4 ENTRY,1 BRK OUTBY PILLAR LINE OCCURRED CAUSING THE DEATH OF INAME AND OTHER EMPL ON THE MMU-003-0 (405 C-SECTION)
January 4, 1993KY · Coalroof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helperFatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
ROCK FALL 2-4'THICK,25'WIDE AND LENGTH UNKNOWN OCCURRED IN INTERSECTION OF #4 ENTRY,1 BRK OUTBY PILLAR LINE OCCURRED CAUSING THE DEATH OF INAME AND OTHER EMPL ON THE MMU-003-0 (405 C-SECTION)
February 11, 1992UT · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorFatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
FATALLY INJURED PERSON WAS STANDING ON HEAD OF CONTINUOUS MINER CUTTING A CROSS BAR TO LENGTH WHEN BROW AT EDGE OF ROOF FALL FELL STRICKING HIM A FEW SECONDS LATER THE RIB CAME IN THIS AREA WA S SUPPORTED WITH ROOF BOLTS BUT AREA WHICH FELL WAS PART OF A FAULT ZONE IN THE CENTER OF THE ENTRY
February 11, 1990KY · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
THE MAINTRIP CAR THAT HE WAS RIDING GOT LOSOE FROM THE MOTOR; IT TRAVELLED THRU A SWAG ON THE TRACK PART WAY UP THE OTHER SIDE; THEN IT REUTNED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRETION, COLLIDING WITHT HE MOT OR. (WAS WORKING OVERTIME ON THE DATE OF THE ACCIDNET). HAPPENED IN C-SECTION ON MAIN LINE.
December 13, 1983UT · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 2 WEST SECTION IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE #2 ENTRY INBY THE FEEDER BREAKER. THE FALL AREA HAD BEEN MINED TO THE ROOF ROCK & BOLTED WITH 4\ MECHANICAL ROOF BOLTS ON 5\ CENTERS. THE FALL TURNED LOOSE APPROX 4\ TO 5\ ABOVE THE ANCHOR ZONE OF THE ROOF BOLTS. ONE PERSON RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES RESULTING FROM THE FALL.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
Where El Paso Energy Corp 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.