Mining Incidents

John P Dillon: 91 MSHA citations controller

MSHA controller ID: C15744

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1999–2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 1999
91
citations
18
significant & substantial
$10,229
proposed penalties
$10,229
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
68
inspections on record
1,891
inspection hours
4.8
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.
91 citations across 1,891 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
91 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-10-31.
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.
19.8%
significant & substantial
7.7%
high negligence or reckless
19.8%
reasonably likely or greater
31.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.3% low, 67.0% moderate, 7.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2002
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 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 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
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 4.16 4.16 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: 2002-09-13, 23 years ago
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
226
samples
8.38
dust max (mg/m3)
115 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 111 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR119
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)31
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)13

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2002-08-27, 23 years ago
4.0
silica avg (%)
20
samples
7.9
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR14

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: 2002-05-01, 24 years ago
11%
over PEL
19
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)6
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)5
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR4
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

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2002
1
2000
2
1999
1

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Where John P Dillon stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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