Herbie Noel: 62 MSHA citations controller
MSHA controller ID: C09665
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 1985–1986
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
62
citations
13
significant & substantial
$27,315
proposed penalties
$15,671
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,644 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
9
inspections on record
314
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: 314 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.$27K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$12K
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $500 in penalties contested before the Commission, $500 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-17.
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.21.7%
significant & substantial
11.7%
high negligence or reckless
21.7%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.3% low, 85.0% moderate, 6.7% high, 5.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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 · 8% of citations on record
- Stood as issued 5 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$500 proposed, $500 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 2012-05-07. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEVA 2012-1136 | Default | Lesnick | 2012 | $500 → $500 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1986
7
1985
4
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Dominion No 3 VA
- Renee Mine No 1 VA
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