54% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,800 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
283
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 283 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
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$6K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-07-05.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON OR NEAR THIS CLAIM WHEN A BULLDOZER OVERTURNED ON A STEEP GRADE. ACCORDING TO WHITNESSES THE INDPENDENT CONTRACTOR BECAME OVERLY AGGRESSIVE. ATTEMPTING TO PUSH A B OULDER DOWN A HILL LOSING CONTROL OF THE DOZER. INVETIGATES INDICATE THE DRIVER WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
Where Jon L Johnson 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.