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International Industries Inc: 1,420 MSHA citations controller

MSHA controller ID: C13442

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
361
Mines on record
21
Years on record
1983–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,420
citations
464
significant & substantial
$336,993
proposed penalties
$263,392
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $73,601 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
464
inspections on record
17,146
inspection hours
8.3
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.
1,420 citations across 17,146 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.
$337K
proposed penalties
$263K
current assessed
$263K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,394 assessments are final orders; 47 contested dockets.
Of $196K in penalties contested before the Commission, $122K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-08.
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.
33.2%
significant & substantial
2.6%
high negligence or reckless
35.1%
reasonably likely or greater
16.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.5% none, 17.3% low, 79.6% moderate, 2.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ 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 3.83 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 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
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 7.50 5.62 0.000
2009 * 5.36 2.68 0.000
2008 * 11.51 11.51 0.000
2007 18.22 13.01 0.000
2006 16.07 13.90 0.000
2005 15.17 9.19 0.000
2004 20.19 16.59 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: 2011-03-16, 15 years ago
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1,768
samples
8.90
dust max (mg/m3)
884 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 884 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR734
  • UTILITY MAN132
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)119

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2011-02-14, 15 years ago
7.1
silica avg (%)
113
samples
32.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR70
  • UTILITY MAN13
  • CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR7
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: 2010-07-21, 16 years ago
17%
over PEL
143
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • UTILITY MAN21
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR14
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)14
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ 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.
158 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 146 · 92%
  • Stood as issued 12 · 8%
65%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 107 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
38%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$196K proposed, $122K 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 2010-08-31. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted 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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEVA 2006-72 Settlement Bulluck 2007 $38K → $15K
WEVA 2008-518 Settlement Weisberger 2010 $20K → $15K
WEVA 2007-365 Settlement Bulluck 2008 $14K → $9K
WEVA 2009-1978 Dismissal Moran 2011 $12K → $10K
WEVA 2006-662 Settlement Bulluck 2007 $12K → $9K
WEVA 2007-221 Settlement Bulluck 2008 $11K → $9K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2010
4
2009
2
2008
7
2007
24
2006
53
2005
43
2004
38
2003
42
2002
16
2001
12
2000
2
1999
17
1998
5
1997
10
1996
10
1995
5
1994
11
1993
3
1992
2
1991
4
1990
6
1989
1
1988
5
1987
2
1986
20
1985
3
1984
6
1983
8

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Where International Industries Inc 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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