Mining Incidents

John L Foieri; Matthew A Guarna: 53 MSHA citations controller

MSHA controller ID: 0097293

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Mines on record
0
Years on record
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
53
citations
10
significant & substantial
$7,622
proposed penalties
$2,070
paid to date
27% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,552 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
53
inspections on record
1,435
inspection hours
3.7
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.
53 citations across 1,435 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-03-12.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-19.
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.
19.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
19.6%
reasonably likely or greater
19.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 64.7% low, 35.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2026-03-25
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
90
samples
1.53
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
71 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 19 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR41
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE23
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR20

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2025-12-02
10.0
silica avg (%)
9
samples
31.2
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR6
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE3

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: 2025-11-24
5%
over PEL
62
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR21
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE20
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR18
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this controller.

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Where John L Foieri; Matthew A Guarna 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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