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Gary A Horn: 2 recorded fatalities controller

MSHA controller ID: C12338

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
283
Mines on record
13
Years on record
1986–2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
238
citations
103
significant & substantial
$24,546
proposed penalties
$19,313
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,233 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
126
inspections on record
3,042
inspection hours
7.8
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.
238 citations across 3,042 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
233 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-08-01.
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.
43.6%
significant & substantial
3.4%
high negligence or reckless
43.6%
reasonably likely or greater
1.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.4% low, 93.2% moderate, 3.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ 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.
20.82
total case rate
13.88
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 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
2001 * 20.82 13.88 0.000
2000 20.53 19.45 1.081
* 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: 2001-12-12, 24 years ago
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
401
samples
8.96
dust max (mg/m3)
194 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 207 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR181
  • MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR24
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (OFF STANDARD)15

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2001-10-24, 24 years ago
8.0
silica avg (%)
50
samples
21.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR20
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: 2001-01-16, 25 years ago
36%
over PEL
28
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)6
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR5
  • MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR5
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
VA 20000046 Settlement Weisberger 2001 $2K → $2K
VA 20000045 Settlement Weisberger 2001 $1K → $1K
VA 20010034 Settlement Barbour 2001 $1K → $835
VA 20010019 Dismissal 2001 $1K → $0
VA 20010023 Settlement Hodgdon 2001 $1K → $600
VA 20010003 Settlement Melick 2001 $368 → $180
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2001
3
2000
19 (1f)
1999
11
1998
14 (1f)
1997
9
1996
21
1995
27
1994
14
1993
38
1992
27
1991
3
1990
10
1989
42
1988
37
1987
7
1986
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
May 12, 2000 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Buchanan Production Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT OF THE #3 HEADING LEFT BREAK WHEN HE GOT PINNED BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE RIB.

June 4, 1998 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Upper Mill Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE KNOCKED A TIMBER WHILE RIDING A 3 WHEELER CAUSING THE ROCK TO FALL. SERIOUS INJURY. THE EMPLOYEE HE DIED 6-5-98 12:40 PM. 7.5' WIDE X 9.6' LONG X 7-9" THICK.

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Where Gary A Horn 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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