What are Kenneth R Vance's MSHA penalties?

Kenneth R Vance has $121K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, $0 paid, and $121K outstanding.

Kenneth R Vance: 85 MSHA citations controller

MSHA controller ID: 0110201

Kenneth R Vance has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $121K in penalties since 2013, with $121K outstanding.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 0
Mines on record: 0
Years on record: —

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2013

citations

significant & substantial

$120,762

proposed penalties

paid to date

0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $120,762 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2013

inspections on record

357

inspection hours

n/a

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.

Rate withheld: 357 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

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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.

$121K

proposed penalties

$121K

current assessed

paid to date

$121K

outstanding

85 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2013-11-18.

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.

36.5%

significant & substantial

11.8%

high negligence or reckless

36.5%

reasonably likely or greater

50.6%

permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs

Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.1% low, 74.1% moderate, 11.8% high, 0.0% reckless.

Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

Health sampling

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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

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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: 2013-12-03, 12 years ago

94%

within 1.5 mg/m3

samples

2.54

dust max (mg/m3)

12 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 6 by the operator.

Most-sampled occupations

CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR7
ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)2
ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)2

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2013-12-02, 12 years ago

4.7

silica avg (%)

samples

4.8

silica max (%)

Most-sampled occupations

CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2

See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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 Kenneth R Vance 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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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.

Silica (quartz)

Where Kenneth R Vance stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

Respirable coal dust

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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.