Howard L Mercer controller
MSHA controller ID: M08696
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 33
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1983–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
157
citations
33
significant & substantial
$25,159
proposed penalties
$21,874
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,285 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
925
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: 925 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.$25K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
157 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 14 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 7 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
- ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
1
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
2
2007
3
2006
6
2005
2
2003
1
2000
1
1999
1
1998
1
1996
2
1993
2
1992
1
1991
2
1988
2
1984
2
1983
1
Operators under this controller
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The full compliance file on Howard L Mercer
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.