John S Straka: 146 MSHA citations controller
MSHA controller ID: C15586
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 38
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1998–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
146
citations
43
significant & substantial
$18,802
proposed penalties
$18,555
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $247 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
140
inspections on record
4,562
inspection hours
3.2
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.146 citations across 4,562 inspection hours.
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.$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
143 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $726 in penalties contested before the Commission, $479 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-11-16.
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.29.9%
significant & substantial
3.5%
high negligence or reckless
31.9%
reasonably likely or greater
9.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 54.2% low, 42.4% moderate, 3.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENN20000211 | Settlement | Melick | 2000 | $726 → $479 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 8 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 8 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 6 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2004
7
2003
5
2002
11
2001
6
2000
7
1998
2
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Geronimo PA
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Where John S Straka 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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