16% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,912 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
645
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: 645 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-09-25.
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.
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: 2001-06-12, 25 years ago
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
85
samples
3.15
dust max (mg/m3)
46 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 39 by the operator.
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.
February 15, 1996WV · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Kenjean Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A LOAD OF BLOCKS ON THE SCOOP THAT HE WAS OPERATING.HIS HEAD APPARENTLY BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND THE RIB AS HE ROUNDED A CORNER.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
Where Kenneth Cline Walls II 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.